Volkswagen Whistle Blower Gets Outted In New Book

As Volkswagen’s criminal case comes to a close, a nagging question persists: Who blew the whistle and first admitted to regulators that VW was lying about its dirty diesels?

Volkswagen AG faces sentencing Friday morning in a Detroit courtroom after pleading guilty last month to three federal felonies for diesel emissions violations, which were brought to light based on information given to federal law enforcement from an internal whistleblower. A new book on the VW diesel emissions scandal by a New York Times reporter asserts that it was an American VW executive who first disclosed VW’s criminal acts to regulators.

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TheSteve - 4/21/2017 11:05:34 AM

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Does it matter who "blew the whistle" first? Two visiting emissions specialists discovered VW's surprisingly high diesel emissions by accident. They reported it to the EPA, who replicated the their tests and got the same results. A formal investigation by authorities found a mountain of evidence damning Volkswagen.

And we're wondering about who the first "whistle-blower" is?

MDarringer - 4/21/2017 7:59:20 PM

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Indeed. It only matters that just was served. To that end, VW got off cheap.