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The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges in a court filing that Volkswagen has "perpetrated a massive fraud" and repeatedly lied to U.S. investors in connection with diesel emissions.
2019-03-15

Volkswagen is fined €1 billion by German prosecutors after cheating on diesel particulate emissions testing.
2018-06-13

Former Volkswagen engineer James Liang is sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox to 40 months in prison and a $200,000 fine for his role in the decade-long scheme to cheat on federal emissions tests for diesel-powered cars sold in the United States. He is the first company employee sent to prison in the scandal.
2017-08-25

Volkswagen agrees to pay its U.S. dealers up to US$1.2 billion to compensate them for their losses resulting from the company's emissions cheating scandal.
2016-10-1

Litigants file a new wave of lawsuits against Volkswagen regarding its emissions scandal.
2016-09-21

An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal.
2016-09-9

Volkswagen reaches a deal with the United States government that includes vehicle buybacks and cash compensation.
2016-04-21

Volkswagen says it has found faulty emissions readings for the first time in gasoline-powered vehicles, widening a scandal that so far had centered on diesel engines.
2015-11-3

U.K. transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin says Volkswagen has to start financially addressing this problem by compensating motorists with, the estimated total is £600m (US$925 million).
2015-10-30

The German automotive watchdog KBA orders Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million cars in that country after the emissions scandal becomes public knowledge.
2015-10-15