> A Volkswagen AG compliance executive who pleaded guilty in the U.S. for his role in the company’s $30 billion emissions cheating scandal was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
And Germany temporarily jailed a bunch of executives (including Audi's CEO, who is still in jail as far as I know) this year to stop them interfering with investigations, and results of those investigations might lead to more being sentenced once they're done.
yes, VW was small fines. GDPR, especially for something like what is being suggested here, would be astronomical. Not saying nobody will do it, because humans are stupid.
to quote vincent vega re: the keying of his car, it would be worth having them do it, just to catch them doing it.
$30 billion is not small fines, add to that that it isn't over yet. It's already more than what BP paid for their oil spill, and the oil spill is thousand times worse in terms of its environmental effect.
At least in this article it's the biggest fine for any corporate crime levied.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-06/vw-execut...