The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice of the united States got a ticket for 4300 million dollars to the German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) and confirmed the presentation of charges to 6 of your executives by scandal of the diesel engines souped-up by the German manufacturer to circumvent the rules, anti-pollution.
"The attempts by Volkswagen to dodge the emissions standards and import vehicles falsely certified in the country represents a heinous violation of our environmental laws, consumer protection, and financial," said attorney general Loretta Lynch, in announcing the fine agreed upon in a press conference.
In September of 2015, Volkswagen acknowledged that it had furnished eleven million cars diesel with a program that falseaba the actual level of emissions of the pollutant gas with the objective of making them appear more environmentalists than they were. Of the total, about 600,000 were sold in the united States.
according to the american authorities, several of those vehicles of the Volkswagen revised, emit a level up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide than what is allowed.
last Saturday, the FBI had arrested an executive from the automaker accused in the scandal of diesel engines souped-up.
According to published on Monday The New York Times, the agents arrested him in Florida to Oliver Schmidt, who led the service of regulatory compliance of the German carmaker in the united States between 2014 until march 2015.
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