• Gamoc@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    So some of them broke the law and just resigned or were fired, only a few were jailed?

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        10 months ago

        You’re not wrong, I’d forgotten the first comment said fired, stupid of me.

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        10 months ago

        Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

        Oliver Schmidt (born January 9, 1969) is a German engineer, former senior executive for Volkswagen in Germany and the United States as well as a convicted felon. In December 2017, Schmidt was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for his role in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. He was the second German national, after James Robert Liang, to be convicted and sees himself as pawn sacrifice in the entire case.

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