Volkswagen Hires Ex FBI Chief To Assist In Emissions Scandal Investigations

Volkswagen Group plans to hire Louis Freeh, a former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to help the automaker deal with authorities in the U.S. investigating its emissions scandal, a German newspaper said.

Freeh would be employed as an adviser to help VW minimize the damage after company admitted rigging engines to cheat NOx emissions tests, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said in a report on Monday.

VW is facing a legal onslaught on several fronts. U.S. owners of vehicles with higher-than-stated emissions are expected to seek billions of dollars in damages, while the U.S. Justice Department has sued VW for up to $46 billion under the Clean Air Act.

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PUGPROUD - 1/19/2016 12:14:54 PM

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Good man but this smacks of influence peddling. Would be more impressed if they hired him to head up internal VW investigation!

MDarringer - 1/19/2016 8:22:45 PM

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He's no longer with the FBI because? Had VW "hired" the FBI to investigate, I would have been impressed.