A top executive of Volkswagen was arrested on Saturday in Miami by the us authorities in connection with the scandal of the diesel engines souped-up of the company, announced Monday by the Justice Department in a statement.
The government has accused the detainee, identified as Oliver Schmidt, having participated for nearly a decade in a plot to deceive regulatory agencies and american customers of the Volkswagen through the enhancement of diesel engines, something that affects about 600,000 cars in the united States.
Schmidt is the first arrested for the enhancement of diesel engines and is now scheduled to appear in front of the judge William C. Turnoff in the southern district court of Florida.
The inmate, 48-year-old and resident in Germany, he joined Volkswagen in 1987 to become, between 2012 and march 2015, the manager of the company in Auburn Hills (Michigan), where he was responsible for communicating with the regulatory agencies of USA, according to details the Department of Justice in its note.
Subsequently, in march 2015, Schmidt was promoted by Volkswagen and returned to the headquarters of the car manufacturer in Wolfsburg (Germany), where he played a direct role in the response that Volkswagen gave to the questions of the regulatory agencies of the united States.
Volkswagen has admitted that its diesel engines 2 and 3 liters were souped-up to hide their actual emissions of oxides of nitrogen, a product is considered a carcinogen by health authorities.
The German company has reached an agreement to indemnify in the united States to the owners of the nearly 500,000 vehicles with diesel engines of 2 liters sold in the country as well as to the us authorities.
According to the agreement, Volkswagen will be forced to shell out about $ 15,000 million.
The company also is close to reaching an agreement to compensate an estimated 85,000 owners of vehicles with diesel engines of 3 liters that exist in the united States.
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