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U.S. Seeks Extradition of Audi Exec Linked to Diesel Cheating Scandal
The U.S. has requested that Germany hold a former executive with Audi AG for extradition on charges he defrauded regulators and consumers by helping to develop illegal software used to cheat on diesel emission tests.
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The U.S. has requested that Germany hold a former executive with Audi AG for extradition on charges he defrauded regulators and consumers by helping to develop illegal software used to cheat on diesel emission tests.
Bloomberg News identifies the executive only as Giovanni P. He apparently is Giovanni Pamio, who was indicted by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in July. German authorities arrested Pamio last month in their own probe of possible Audi cheating.
Pamio worked on Audi diesel development in Germany and later headed Audi’s V-6 diesel program in the U.S. He left the company earlier this year.
Prosecutors in the U.S. say Pamio realized it would be impossible to meet the country’s emission targets under VW’s design constraints and opted instead to develop software to evade certification tests.
Pamio is the eighth person charged in the U.S. case. Most of those executives are Germans currently living in Germany and are shielded from likely extradition. Bloomberg says Pamio is an Italian national and thus could be turned over to American authorities.
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