Volkswagen Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in Emissions a Conspiracya

Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt was arrested by the FBI on Saturday for his alleged role in the company’s suspected “scheme” to cheat emissions standards, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. Schmidt, who led the automaker’s U.S. environmental regulatory compliance office from 2012 to 2015, allegedly conspired with other VW employees to defraud the federal government – and American consumers – by concealing the installation of a device designed to cheat emissions tests.