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And one engineer went on vacation to America. Congratulations, you‘ve won seven years in a foreign prison! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Schmidt_(engine

by Tomte 1y ago

And one engineer went on vacation to America. Congratulations, you‘ve won seven years in a foreign prison! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Schmidt_(engineer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Schmidt_(engineer)

mschuster91 1y ago
It's the other way around, he was US-based and went for a vacation to Germany.
- Tomte 1y ago
  He used to work in the US, but at the time of the US prosecution and his arrest he was back in Wolfsburg, and the vacation was in Florida. The English Wikipedia article isn‘t terribly clear about that.
  - deleted 1y ago
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- dehugger 1y ago
  He is a German national though. Bit of a confusing situation.
- bhelkey 1y ago
  Do you have a source for this? CNN reports that he was on vacation to Florida and was arrested in the airport awaiting a flight home to Germany [1]. [1] https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/news/companies/volkswagen-executive-denied-bail/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/news/companies/volkswagen-e...
xrd 1y ago
Arrested in a men's bathroom, no less!
- kotaKat 1y ago
  "Conspiracy to defraud the United States" is a more dignified charge to get in an airport bathroom than what happens when you have a "wide stance" as a Senator.
keeganpoppen 1y ago
that wikipedia article is atrociously written holy cow. "pawn sacrifice"?!?
- fch42 1y ago
  "Bauernopfer" (German for "pawn sacrifice") is a common term in German to mean "sacrificing someone insignificant to get the big guy out of trouble". So the English translation might be machine-done; in the original German, the word makes a lot of sense and carries a definite meaning.
  - tanewishly 1y ago
    Not a native speaker, but I've heard the term "sacrificial pawn" being used in such cases in movies and series.
    - arendtio 1y ago
      https://www.dict.cc/?s=bauernopfer https://www.dict.cc/?s=bauernopfer
      - fch42 1y ago
        yea, "scapegoat" or "fall guy" would carry a similar meaning to "Bauernopfer" in German.

by Tomte 1y ago

mschuster91 1y ago

It's the other way around, he was US-based and went for a vacation to Germany.

Tomte 1y ago
He used to work in the US, but at the time of the US prosecution and his arrest he was back in Wolfsburg, and the vacation was in Florida. The English Wikipedia article isn‘t terribly clear about that.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
dehugger 1y ago
He is a German national though. Bit of a confusing situation.
bhelkey 1y ago
Do you have a source for this? CNN reports that he was on vacation to Florida and was arrested in the airport awaiting a flight home to Germany [1]. [1] https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/news/companies/volkswagen-executive-denied-bail/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/news/companies/volkswagen-e...

xrd 1y ago

Arrested in a men's bathroom, no less!

kotaKat 1y ago
"Conspiracy to defraud the United States" is a more dignified charge to get in an airport bathroom than what happens when you have a "wide stance" as a Senator.

keeganpoppen 1y ago

that wikipedia article is atrociously written holy cow. "pawn sacrifice"?!?

fch42 1y ago
"Bauernopfer" (German for "pawn sacrifice") is a common term in German to mean "sacrificing someone insignificant to get the big guy out of trouble". So the English translation might be machine-done; in the original German, the word makes a lot of sense and carries a definite meaning.
- tanewishly 1y ago
  Not a native speaker, but I've heard the term "sacrificial pawn" being used in such cases in movies and series.
  - arendtio 1y ago
    https://www.dict.cc/?s=bauernopfer https://www.dict.cc/?s=bauernopfer
    - fch42 1y ago
      yea, "scapegoat" or "fall guy" would carry a similar meaning to "Bauernopfer" in German.