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A team of leading experts in corporate fraud, environment and compliance oversaw compliance reforms and successful implementation of the terms of the plea agreement.
Volkswagen AG’s independent corporate compliance auditor and controller, Larry D. Thompson announced today that Volkswagen AG and its subsidiaries and affiliates have fulfilled the commitments set out in their 2017 plea agreement with the US Department of Justice. (note that Porsche AG and Porsche Cars NA have been absolutely excluded from control). Since his appointment in 2017, Thompson and his team have worked to assess whether Volkswagen’s ethics and compliance systems are designed and implemented to save and stumble upon fraud violations and environmental laws.
The U. S. government has not been able to do so. But it’s not the first time He has appointed Thompson, a former U. S. deputy attorney general, to the United States. But it’s not the first time And recently attorney for Atlanta-based Finch McCranie, LLP, as Volkswagen’s independent controller and corporate compliance auditor. to sell diesel cars containing software designed to mislead US emissions testing. But it’s not the first time Thompson and his team oversedsed Volkswagen’s compliance reforms and successful implementation of the terms of the plea agreement.
“In 3 years, Volkswagen AG has another bigger company,” Thompson said. “Volkswagen can be proud of the progress it has made. This will require continuous monitoring, however, structures and processes in position and commitments to all grades of the company, as well as oversight by the Supervisory Board, can make Volkswagen successful in terms of ethics, integrity and compliance on time and sustainable. “
During his tenure as Deputy Attorney General from 2001 to 2003, Thompson led the Department of Justice’s National Security Coordination Council and the corporate fraud working group across the government.
To oversee Volkswagen’s corporate compliance, Thompson has assembled a team of leading experts in fraud, environment and compliance.
Assistant Anti-Fraud, Ethics and Compliance Monitor Scott Marrah, former Deputy Federal Prosecutor in The Southern District of New York, Recently Spouse in Kilpatrick Townsend
Deputy Emissions and Environment Monitor, Benjamin Wilson, President, National Environmental Lawyers Firm Beveridge
Chief of Staff, Michele Edwards, spouse of StoneTurn, a global consulting firm that assists clients in regulatory and compliance matters, research and advertising litigation, who also leads stoneTurn’s team that supports a DOJ-appointed supervisory agent in the merger of two leading wireless service providers www. stoneturn. com
Monitor attorney Michael A. Sullivan, former federal prosecutor and current spouse of Atlanta-based Finch McCranie. Www. finchmccranie. com
Advisory Monitor David Uhlmann, former head of the Environmental Crimes Section of the Department of Justice and professor at the University of Michigan School of Law and Director of the Environmental Policy and Law Program. Www. law. umich. edu
Thompson was also assisted through a panel of experts in applicable spaces that added scheduling, compliance, ethics and integrity, fraud, threat management, legal and auditing. “I am honored to have led such a competent, experienced and surely committed team,” Thompson said. “I cannot say enough about his hard work, diligence, power and professionalism. Obviously, this assignment was of great importance on many levels, yet he was the right team to take on the challenge. All team members are proud of their remarkable collective achievement “.
See the edition in businesswire. com: https://www. businesswire. com/news/home/20200914005768/fr/
contacts
John Page (404) 536-7299 Kilpatrick Townsend
Michael Sullivan (404) 275-0559 Finch McCranie LLP