Mr. Liang’s case followed the same broad strokes. The company would not comment on Mr. Liang’s case, saying that it would continue to cooperate with the investigation. Mr. Liang’s knowledge of the deception, laid out in the plea agreement, could provide important building blocks for the investigation. On the road, those control systems were scaled back substantially, according to Mr. Liang’s guilty plea. But Mr. Liang and others continued to lie, as they scrambled to find explanations that would appease regulators.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2016 15:37 UTC