The Volkswagen Group — which includes marques like Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche — has agreed in a settlement to pay a fine totalling €502,362,000 (RM 2.5 billion), whereas BMW had been fined €372,827,000 (RM 1.8 billion) for its involvement in this particular case. Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, was also named as being part of the scheme too, but received full immunity and no financial penalty due to having blown the whistle to the European Commission.