FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, a Volkswagen Touareg diesel is tested in the Environmental Protection Agency's cold temperature test facility in Ann Arbor, Mich. A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, to one count of conspiracy in the company's emissions cheating scandal. James Robert Liang, of Newberry Park, Calif., entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Detroit. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File
DETROIT (AP) — A Volkswagen engineer has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the company’s emissions cheating scandal, advancing a criminal investigation by agreeing to testify against others.
James Robert Liang, 62, of Newberry Park, California, entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government through wire fraud.
Volkswagen engineer James Robert Liang (L) leaves court in Detroit on Sept. 9, 2016. Virginia Lozano/Detroit News via AP
