Volkswagen Pleads Guilty To Violating Clean Air Act, Conspiracy To Commit Fraud

(March 10, 2017, 12:52 PM EST) -- DETROIT — Volkswagen AG on March 10 pleaded guilty in Michigan federal court to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and wire fraud as a result of defeat devices the company installed in its diesel vehicles that were designed to cheat emissions tests, according to a docket entry (United States of America v. James Robert Liang, et al., No. 16-cr-20394, E.D. Mich.)....

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