Volkswagen executives concealed diesel cheating: FBI court filing

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By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VW) executives decided to cover up cheating of U.S. emissions tests when they were told about it almost two months before the matter became a public scandal in 2015, according to a court filing by U.S. law enforcers seen by Reuters. Senior VW manager Oliver Schmidt, who is due to appear in court charged with defrauding the United States later on Monday, was one of those who informed executive management about the "existence, purpose and characteristics" of so-called defeat devices on or around July 27, 2015, according to the filing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to a Michigan court. "Rather than advocate for disclosure of the defeat device to U.S. regulators, VW executive management authorized its continued concealment," the filing said.

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