VW's U.S. Diesel Accord to Be Overseen by Ex-Enron Prosecutor
- Larry Thompson set to oversee compliance with U.S. settlement
- Monitor also to ensure VW meets obligations in civil case
A Volkswagen AG Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) vehicle parked in a storage lot at San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/BloombergVolkswagen AG, which is due to be sentenced in the U.S. for rigging emissions tests, will get a court-approved monitor to make sure it stays in its lane. The German carmaker’s watchdog is set to be a former chief of the government’s prosecution of Enron, two people familiar with the matter said.
Larry Thompson, who was deputy attorney general under George W. Bush and more recently served as chief counsel for PepsiCo Inc., was chosen by the company for the three-year post and accepted by the Justice Department, said the people, who asked not to be named because the choice hasn’t been made public. Thompson’s selection is likely to be announced when the automaker is sentenced in federal court on Friday.