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Company: Volkswagen AG
Current Parent Company: Volkswagen
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Penalty: $6,500,000
Year: 2018
Date: June 13, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Volkswagen agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve alleged violations of Vermont's consumer protection laws involving VW's false advertising claims about so-called Clean Diesel cars and the diesel engine emissions scandal.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Vermont Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Vermont
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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