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Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal

tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I long for the day that ANYTHING close to this happens in the USA

I guess you’ve good news, then.

Across the Atlantic, two former VW engineers — Oliver Schmidt and James Robert Liang — are already serving prison sentences in the U.S. Schmidt, who once led VW’s environmental office in the U.S., was sentenced to seven years after initially denying guilt but later reaching a plea deal. Liang received 40 months after cooperating with prosecutors.

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frezik@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
To salvage the argument, it’s quite possible this would have been different if they were from GM rather than VW.

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- CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It most likely would‘ve. Just look how quickly US courts started to turn Monsanto into shreds the very second Bayer bought it. They‘re after that so called stupid German money. Wouldn‘t work if it was American money.
  
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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I dunno, VW is about as American as GM.
  
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CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

two former VW engineers

Yeah, unless they are Chief Engineers, these two are just people who got caught in the churn.

Wake me up when the President of US Operations gets sentenced to prison. Hell, I’ll even be okay with club Fed.

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- Jimmycakes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They are like the one guy who went to jail for the 08 financial crisis
  
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nulluser@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

two former VW engineers

Not CEOs

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- tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Neither were the people in Germany.
  
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  - ascense@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    According to Wikipedia, he should have a criminal trial in Germany starting this year, so it’s possible he will still get sentenced there as well.
    
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  - ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Russia?
    
    Saudi Arabia might take him. Hell, they put up Idi Amin for the remainder of his syphilis-scarred life.
    
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AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is the most unbelievable part: a us court held management responsible for criminal behavior? Did that not pay their fines? Did no one have a spare jet to offer?

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