I-US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imemezele amacala abhekene neVolkswagen kanye nalowo owayeyi-CEO uMartin Winterkorn (osesithombeni ngezansi) ngokuqola abatshalizimali baseMelika ngesikhathi sehlazo likaDieselgate.
Ikhomishana isole inkampani nabaphathi bayo abakhulu ngokukhipha amabhondi nezibambiso ezingaphezu kuka-$13 billion e-United States, naphezu kokuthi izimoto ezingaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi emakethe azihlangabezani nezindinganiso zokukhishwa kwegesi futhi abaphathi bayakwazi lokho.
I-SEC isola ukuthi uWinterkorn nabanye abasebenzi benkampani bakhohlise ngamabomu abatshalizimali kanye nababhala phansi mayelana nekhwalithi kanye nobungane bemvelo bezimoto zakwaVolkswagen. Ngokuhambisana nokuqoqwa kwezimali, iVolkswagen ibambe iqhaza ohlelweni lomgunyathi lokuhlanekezela imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwe-emissions. Ngokusebenzisa isoftware eyavulwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, kwaVolkswagen bakwazile ukwenza izimoto zabo zikadizili zibonakale zikhiqiza intuthu ekhishwayo encane kakhulu kunaleyo eziyenzile.
Lo mkhonyovu wasetshenziswa yinkampani kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2016, futhi ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi isofthiwe ye-test-bypass yafakwa ezimotweni zayo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8,5 emhlabeni jikelele.
Amacala alethwe yi-SEC yisenzo sakamuva ochungechungeni lwemiphumela yezomthetho ye-dieselgate yakwaVolkswagen. Nakuba le nkampani ingase ikwazi ukuphinda idayise ezinye izinhlobo zikadizili e-US, ukuqulwa kwecala okuqhubekayo kwenze kwaba nzima ukuthi inkampani ibeke i-dieselgate ngemuva kwayo.
Source: 3dnews.ru