Oliver North shredding government documents related to these activities at William Casey's suggestion when the Iran-Contra scandal became public. He also testified that Robert McFarlane had asked him to alter official records to delete references to direct assistance to the Contras and that he had helped. North was tried in 1988. He was indicted on 16 felony counts, and on May 4, 1989, he was initially convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and ordering the destruction of documents through his secretary, Fawn Hall. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard
Oliver Krischer the vice-chairman of the Committee of enquiry on the emissions scandal (Dieselgate) and one of the main scouts in the scandal. Krischer currently lives in Düren (Germany) with his wife and their two sons. Oliver Krischer Oliver Krischer (born 26 July 1969 in Zülpich, Germany) is a German Green politician and member of the German Bundestag. Krischer grew up in Heimbach (Eifel; Germany). After the A-Levels and civilian service he studied biology at RWTH Aachen. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for Michaele Hustedt, a former member of the German Bundestag. From 2002 to 2009 he worked as scientific assistant