Another Volkswagen employee was arrested in the United States in conjunction with the VW emissions-testing scandal. According to one report, Oliver Schmidt, a Volkswagen AG executive, was arrested on Saturday in Miami and was charged in connection with the German auto giant’s emissions-cheating scandal. He is the second person arrested and charged participating in a broad conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and Volkswagen customers. Allegations indicate that Schmidt was not only well aware of the existence of the defeat devices in VW automobiles sold in the United States but that also he actively worked to deceive U.S. regulators.
