The English prankster who showered Fifa chief Sepp Blatter with dollar bills last summer has turned his attention to a VW presentation at the Geneva motor show.

Comedian Simon Brodkin, dressed as a Volkswagen mechanic and holding a wrench and a prop labelled “cheat box”, looked under a display car as a VW executive spoke at the event on Tuesday morning.



In German-accented English, he said chief executive Matthias Müller “said it was OK as long as no one finds out about it”. Security guards then escorted the comedian away.

Comedian Simon Brodkin is removed by security after disrupting the VW press conference. Photograph: Getty

Last July Simon Brodkin, dressed as one of his characters, Jason Bent, placed a pile of banknotes on the desk next to Fifa’s Sepp Blatter, having announced himself as a delegate from North Korea’s 2026 World Cup bid. As he was being led away by security he threw more notes over the still-seated president.

Brodkin is also known for his TV character Lee Nelson, whose show aired on BBC3 in 2010 and 2011.

Volkswagen admitted to US regulators in September it had used illegal software in its so-called clean diesel engines, allowing the cars to pass laboratory emissions tests while spewing high levels of harmful nitrogen oxides when operating.