Oliver Schmidt (born January 9, 1969)[1][2] is a German engineer, former senior executive for Volkswagen in Germany and the United States as well as a convicted felon.
In December 2017, Schmidt was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) in federal prison for his role in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
[3] He was the second German national, after James Robert Liang, to be convicted and sees himself as pawn sacrifice in the entire case.
[13] In January 2017 while attempting to return to Germany after a vacation, Schmidt was arrested in a men's room at a Florida airport, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
[12] Schmidt was inmate number 09786-104 and was incarcerated at U.S. Federal prison FCI Milan in York Township, Michigan.