Oliver Schmidt, the head of Volkswagen Group’s U.S. regulatory compliance office during its emissions cheating scandal, not only knew about the cheat device but told management executives in Germany about it and was directed to continue the scheme, according a complaint made public after Schmidt’s arrest this weekend in Florida.
The criminal complaint against him, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Detroit Monday, accuses him of taking part in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S., committing wire fraud, and violating the U.S. Clean Air Act.
