Four former Volkswagen director judged on dieselgate fraud

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Four former Volkswagen director, the company’s price was founded for four years in connection with the discovery of a waste scandal with more than 32BN euros, divisions in Dieselgate.

On Monday, the German Regional Court sentenced the development of the former Diesel Engine to four and a half years in prison, according to the former driver’s technology and Deutsche Presse-Agentor for two years and seven months. Two more suspended sentences were handed over.

Although the Braunschweig Court was close to the verdict, despite the close trial, the company’s efforts were not ended as a result of how widespread emission fraud. On Monday, the court spokesman, more than four more suspects were waiting for more criminal cases, he said.

Volkswagen also faces a separate civilian, where investors do not know the company’s illegal use on the use of illegal emissions.

For the court, the prosecutor’s office gathered more than 75,000 evidence to deceive someone’s orchestra – or widespread emissions within the company’s leadership.

Several major leadership, including the head of the Supervisory Board, Hans Dieter Pötsch was tested after VW after VW, paid 9 million euros to pay market manipulation, former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn was prosecuted.

Winterkorn, who rejected Yorman, was part of the court on Monday, but after the defense of his work, the health problems were left after the court prevented.

The trial of the former VW boss continued, but in January, the Braunschweig Court, Winterkorn’s “At least in the coming months” canceled all hearings.

Very few VW employees, the company installed a program for millions of vehicles to appear more environmentally friendly than they actually.

The only Great VW director, Oliver Schmidt, which serves the detention for joining the scandal, is the company’s former environmental and engineering in the company’s Michigan. In 2017, Schmidt was sentenced to seven years in prison in Detroit after being arrested in the United States.

In 2023, former Audi Boss Rupert Stadler, inactivity in the Munich Court, admitted to fraud instructed, but instead of punishment and prevented the prison.

He said he did not attend Monday on Monday on Monday, and said that the verdict did not expect to be “important results” for the ongoing civilian work.