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Company: Volkswagen
Current Parent Company: Volkswagen
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Penalty: $86,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 6, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Emissions Cheating
Violation Description: The California Attorney General announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7 billion settlement by Volkswagen with federal and state agencies, the company would also pay California an additional $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the company's use of defeat devices to evade emissions testing in its diesel vehicles.
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
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