Consumers who bought or leased VW or Audi vehicles in the state may be eligible for compensation due to a $14.7 billion federal settlement addressing Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
“The compensation in this case is extraordinary, but so was the scale and brazenness of VW's violations,” Attorney General Mark R. Herring said Tuesday in a news release. “This settlement sends a clear message that we are on duty and on guard to defend the rights of Virginians when businesses try to lie, or cheat, or falsely market their products."
The German automaker, whose North American headquarters are in Herndon, has acknowledged equipping certain vehicles with illegal and undisclosed software designed to skirt emissions laws.
