Volkswagen Group plans to hire Louis Freeh, a former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to help the automaker deal with authorities in the U.S. investigating its emissions scandal, a German newspaper said.Freeh would be employed as an adviser to help VW minimize the damage after company admitted rigging engines to cheat NOx emissions tests, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said in a report on Monday.
VW is facing a legal onslaught on several fronts. U.S. owners of vehicles with higher-than-stated emissions are expected to seek billions of dollars in damages, while the U.S. Justice Department has sued VW for up to $46 billion under the Clean Air Act.
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