VW executive charged with fraud in connection to emissions cheating

Oliver Schmidt, Volkswagen’s former US head of compliance, would have been in charge of the company’s adherence to emissions regulations during the scandal A Volkswagen executive was charged on Monday with conspiracy to defraud the United States in the latest chapter of the long-running scandal over the company’s deliberate cheating on emissions tests.Oliver Schmidt, who was general manager in charge of VW’s environmental and engineering office in Michigan, did not enter