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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Volkswagen
Current Parent Company: Volkswagen
Penalty: $66,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: December 20, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Emissions Cheating
Violation Description: The California Attorney General and the California Air Resources Board announced a $66 million settlement with Volkswagen over the company's use of defeat device software to bypass emissions controls in its Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche 3.0-liter diesel vehicles, in violation of California's environmental laws. This was part of a larger $225 million settlement also involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
Source of Data: (click here)
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