I long for the day that ANYTHING close to this happens in the USA

why do you hate success?

This is the way.

I long for the day that ANYTHING close to this happens in the USA

I guess you've good news, then.

Across the Atlantic, two former VW engineers — Oliver Schmidt and James Robert Liang — are already serving prison sentences in the U.S. Schmidt, who once led VW’s environmental office in the U.S., was sentenced to seven years after initially denying guilt but later reaching a plea deal. Liang received 40 months after cooperating with prosecutors.

When you don’t read the article ^

"A good start..."

To salvage the argument, it's quite possible this would have been different if they were from GM rather than VW.

While I see your point, it’s important to note that the people jailed in the US were called “engineers”, not “executives”.

Would VW have many overseas “executives”?

I’m used to executives being above the law. I had to read the article to be sure the title wasn’t clickbait.

Why aim low, why not public flogging, and pillories?

I don’t know if they’d have many, but I’d expect them to have at least a few. North America is a major market.

Their subsidiary companies do, but VW is a German company, the “executives” are ALL gonna be there dude… and those US execs would be doing what THEIR oversea “executives” want them to, so there’s still people above those who may be overseas. So calling them “executives” would be wrong since there is people above them still.

The point is, your “note” doesn’t matter mate.

Success = falsifying emissions tests.

Even if it's not VW executives it would be nice to see any executives actually face jail here in the US.

that's how real people get ahead in life while the peasants work

No, this is the way. But the above article is a good start.

It took 10 years? Well even longer because they figured something was wrong before it came public.

The court sent the former head of diesel engine development behind bars for four years and six months, and the former head of powertrain electronics to two years and seven months.

You can be both. Schmidt was general manager of VW's U.S. Environment and Engineering Office.

As much as I like to see consequences, I would rather have just seen a very large fine put toward environmental purposes than prison time. Save prison for people who pose a direct danger to the public.