In this July 17, 2014, file photo, compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg, who is administrating a fund to pay crash victims, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2014, before a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing examining accountability and corporate culture in wake of the GM Recalls. Feinberg, who has worked out payments to victims of the BP Gulf oil spill, General Motors ignition switch scandal and other high-profile cases, has been hired by Volkswagen to do the same thing for car owners caught in an emissions-cheating scandal, the German automaker announced Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015.