Volkswagen engineer to appeal U.S. prison sentence
Volkswagen engineer to appeal U.S. prison sentence
Former Volkswagen AG engineer James Liang plans to appeal a 40-month prison sentence for his role in Volkswagen`s multiyear scheme to sell diesel cars that generated more pollution than U.S. clean air rules allowed, according to a court filing on Thursday.
A federal judge sentenced Liang in August. [nL2N1LB0Z3]
U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox also ordered the former engineer to pay a $200,000 fine.
In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Michigan, his lawyer on Thursday said Liang`s sentence would be appealed to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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