California Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty In Emissions-Cheating Case

DETROIT (AP) – A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company’s emissions cheating scandal and has agreed to cooperate in the widening criminal investigation.
James Robert Liang, 62, of Newberry Park, California, entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government through wire fraud. Liang is the first person to enter a plea in the emissions-cheating scheme.
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