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Ontario ministry searches Volkswagen offices in emissions scandal investigation
September 20, 2017 Dan Healing - THE CANADIAN PRESSThe federal government should be moving ahead with action against Volkswagen in the wake of news that Ontario has charged the company and carried out a raid on its headquarters, according to an environmental organization. On Tuesday, provincial authorities executed…
Judge orders Volkswagen to pay $2.1B in Canadian class action suit over emissions scandal
April 27, 2017 Aleksandra Sagan - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Members of a Canadian class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen can submit claims for reimbursement starting on Friday after an Ontario court approved a $2.1-billion settlement plan. The 105,000 people who purchased or leased certain Volkswagen or Audi vehicles with…
Volkswagen to pay US$2.8 billion in U.S. diesel emission scandal
April 21, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterDETROIT – Volkswagen has been ordered to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty in the United States for cheating on diesel emissions tests. Federal Judge Sean Cox in Detroit followed the deal negotiated by VW and the U.S. Justice Department.…
Takata pleads guilty in air bag scandal, agrees to pay $1B
February 28, 2017 Tom Krisher and Ed White - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDETROIT – Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the U.S. The…
Second VW employee arrested over emissions scheme
January 10, 2017 Tom Krisher and Eric Tucker - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDETROIT – The Volkswagen executive who once was in charge of complying with U.S. emissions regulations was arrested during the weekend in Florida and accused of deceiving federal regulators about the use of special software that cheated on emissions tests.…
Volkswagen Canada and Audi Canada to pay up to $2.1 billion to consumers and $15 million penalty for false environmental marketing claims
December 19, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterCanada’s Competition Bureau said on Monday that a settlement agreement, if approved, would provide buyback and restitution payments to consumers in relation to Volkswagen and Audi’s “emissions scandal.” If approved by the courts, the settlement would be one of the…
Judge approves $15 billion Volkswagen emissions settlement
October 25, 2016 The Associated PressSAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a nearly $15 billion court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions-cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer signed the order Tuesday approving the largest auto-scandal settlement…
Volkswagen reaches US$15 billion settlement agreement related to emissions scandal
June 28, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterVolkswagen AG announced on Tuesday that it has reached settlement agreements with various United States government agencies, private plantiffs and 44 states regarding the emissions scandal, agreements totalling more than US$14 billion. The so-called emission scandal erupted last September when…
AP Sources: VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims
June 23, 2016 Tom Krisher and Michael Biesecker - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDETROIT – Volkswagen has agreed to take a series of steps with a total cost of about $10.2 billion to settle claims from its unprecedented diesel emissions cheating scandal in the U.S., two people briefed on the matter said Thursday.…
Judge: Substantial progress in Volkswagen emissions talks
May 25, 2016 Sudhin Thanawala - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN FRANCISCO – Volkswagen and attorneys for vehicle owners affected by the company’s emissions cheating scandal are on target to meet a June deadline for a final settlement proposal, a federal judge said Tuesday. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Charles…