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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:28 PM Jun 2018

Volkswagen fined $1.2 billion in Germany over diesel scandal [View all]

Source: Associated Press



Associated Press June 13, 2018

BERLIN (AP) — Automaker Volkswagen says it's being fined 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) by German authorities in connection with the diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen said in a statement Wednesday it would accept the fine imposed by prosecutors in the German city of Braunschweig.

Prosecutors concluded that Volkswagen failed to properly oversee the activity of its engine development department, resulting in some 10.7 million diesel vehicles with illegal emissions-controlling software being sold worldwide.

The scandal, which came to light in the United States in 2015, has already cost the German automaker billions in penalties imposed by U.S. authorities.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-fined-1-2-billion-germany-over-diesel-161026052--finance.html

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A government that still has some authority over its corporations. sandensea Jun 2018 #1
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Won't see that here.... Maxheader Jun 2018 #3
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"Jap junk?" Seriously? nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2018 #5
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