# VW Exec Arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341 "2017-01-09T18:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/1 "2017-01-09T18:19:20Z")
Good. I hope he gets hard time. > **[F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive on Conspiracy Charge in Emissions Scandal](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/business/volkswagen-diesel-emissions-investigation-settlement.html)** > > The executive, Oliver Schmidt, led the automaker’s regulatory compliance office in the United States from 2014 to March 2015. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/2 "2017-01-09T19:55:48Z")
I hope so, too, assuming he is found guilty. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/3 "2017-01-10T01:20:10Z")
Can we assume VW and the US government reached some kind of a deal, and this guy is the designated scapegoat? 😈 ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/4 "2017-01-10T01:25:17Z")
A comment on the news article I read had him thrown under a bus. I asked if it would be a vintage 21 window VW bus, LOL ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/5 "2017-01-10T03:00:16Z")
Hopefully it doesn’t end there. One guy as a fall guy isn’t enough. This had to be a company wide conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/6 "2017-01-10T21:15:18Z")
Bust one and see how many he rolls over on, trading his story about how it unfolded for leniency. I doubt it will stop here unless him VW colleagues pay him too much to keep quiet. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/7 "2017-01-10T22:21:54Z")
Just busting one is a step in the right direction. Maybe it’ll be a wakeup call to other executives. They may think twice since the feds may now come after them. Too bad this didn’t happen back in the 70’s…maybe there wouldn’t have been as many deaths from the Pinto. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/8 "2017-01-10T22:53:32Z")
News today - VW expected to pay $4.3 billion to settle the criminal charges, on top of the $15 billion buy-back program. Don’t know how this affect the arrested guy: > **[Volkswagen Expected To Pay $4.3 Billion To Settle The Dieselgate Criminal Case](https://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-expected-to-pay-4-3-billion-to-settle-the-d-1791035869)** > > Volkswagen has already been asked to pay about $15 billion to buy back cars and mitigate environmental pollution caused by their NOx-spewing diesels. But now, Bloomberg reports, the company may have to pay another $4.3 billion to resolve the civil... ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-exec-arrested/98341/9 "2017-01-10T22:58:38Z")
I think that it affects him…not at all. Corporate culpability is one legal issue, and the conspiracy of various corporate employees–such as Oliver Schmidt–to participate in the corporation’s schemes is another issue entirely. 😔