Continental fined for sins ten years ago

And what can you say about the statute of limitations?

Remember when the automotive world was rocked by accusations of “dieselgate”? Yeah, so we started to forget. This happened in 2015. However, for some the story still continues.

For example, Continental, which was just fined €10 million for failing to prevent its employees from engaging in diesel fraud.

Source: Volkswagen

In particular, the company is charged with the sale of more than 12 million ECU units that auto brands, including Volkswagen, used to manipulate emissions. Without the “tweaked” software of the engine control units, the whole scam would have been impossible.

And Continental got off easy. According to representatives of the prosecution, the company only negligently violated the law and subsequently actively cooperated with the investigation.

Who would have thought that 100 million euros and getting off easy could be in one sentence.