A second Volkswagen employee has pled guilty in US court over Dieselgate
The second Volkswagen Group employee to be arrested in the US for his involvement in the company’s emissions cheating scandal has pled guilty in US District Court in Detroit this morning, according to Reuters. Oliver Schmidt, who was arrested back in January, faces up to seven years in prison and fines between $40,000 to $400,000 after pleading guilty to two separate charges: conspiracy to defraud the US government, and violating the Clean Air Act.
Schmidt was charged with 11 felony counts earlier this year and faced a maximum of up to 169 years in prison before making a plea deal with prosecutors. He will be sentenced later this year.
Schmidt is one of eight VW executives charged in the US…
