VW Fraud: Manager Was Just Following Orders

[image error]A year after the exposure of the massive fraud VW perpetrated on American consumers, knowingly deceiving emission control tests while exceeding emission limits by as much as 40 times, the evidence is at hand of the real culprit in the crime – a culture that rewards “just following orders”.

The highest ranking VW manager in the US, Oliver Schmidt, pleaded guilty and received a seven year prison sentence, while his superiors in Germany are protected by Germany’s reticence to extradite its cit...