VW’s U.S. Diesel Accord to Be Overseen by Ex-Enron Prosecutor

By Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg News

When Volkswagen AG is sentenced in the U.S. on Friday for rigging emissions tests, it will get a court-appointed monitor to make sure it stays in its lane. That person, according to two people familiar with the matter, is a former chief of the government’s prosecution of Enron who more recently served as chief counsel for PepsiCo Inc., two people familiar with the matter said.

Larry Thompson, who served as deputy attorney general under George W. Bush, was chosen by the company and approved by the Justice Department for the three-year post, said the people, ...