Behind the scenes, the two Volkswagen officials got German employees to waive their privacy rights so documents could be transferred to the United States. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut a quick settlement was in the interest of both Volkswagen and the government. “How do we fix what was done?” Judge Breyer said during the session on Jan. 21. And Volkswagen was balking at any plan to buy back and scrap every car, which the company said it believed would be exorbitantly expensive. Flogging the talks forward was Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was appointed as special settlement master.

Source: International New York Times July 15, 2016 19:19 UTC