Several former Volkswagen managers were sentenced to Braunschweig on Monday in Braunschweig for many years of prison sentences in the scandal of manipulating the results of the exhaust engine.
Former Head of Dizel Engine Development Department Jens Hadler was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, which is the highest punishment.
Hanno Jelden, former director of the Drive Department was sentenced to two and a half years, and Heinz-Jakob Neußer, former director of the entire Department for VW Development, as well as another unnamed manager, were sentenced to a parole and ten months.
According to the explanation of the Judgment of the Chamber of the Economic Crime of the Provincial Court in Braunschweig, all four of the convicts were sent to the long-term manipulation of Diesel engines.
“The defendants were partially involved in the development of devices that were manipulated by the exhaust gases of the diesel engines,” stands in the reasoning of the verdict.
These are devices that have recognized when it comes to exhaust gas tests and have shown significantly lower nitrogen emissions than those in real terms.
Martin Wintercorn’s Judgment, the VW President of the VW, was still open, given that due to Winterkorn’s health, his trial was currently suspended.
The State Prosecutor’s Office in Braunschweig, who is responsible for Volkswagen whose headquarters is located in Wolfsburg, was still in 2019. filed an indictment against leading group managers.
A multi-year scandal is known as one of the greatest economic scandals in the post-war history of Germany.
The manipulation was discovered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Office. Volkswagen has so far paid more than 30 billion euros on behalf of car owners.
Volkswagen himself is currently due to reduced demand for electric vehicles in financial problems and announced dismissal and possible plants in Germany in late last year.
(Vijesti.ba)
