Volkswagen engineer indicted in US emissions case

A Volkswagen engineer was indicted in Detroit federal court Friday and pleaded guilty for his role in developing an emissions-cheating device installed on a half-million diesel cars sold in the United States. James Liang helped develop the diesel engines equipped with illegal emissions test "defeat devices" from the earliest stages, the indictment said. Liang, 62, is expected to cooperate with US prosecutors developing a criminal case in the Volkswagen scandal, a person close to the case said.