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Audi ex-boss becomes first top manager sentenced for fraud in 2015 diesel scandal
- Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has been given a 21-month suspended sentence and a €1.1m fine for fraud and negligence in the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, becoming the first top manager to be tried and convicted as part of 'Dieselgate'.
- Stadler was not accused of ordering the use of emissions cheating software but admitted to not doing enough to stop the scam and halt sales of cars affected. A former Audi engines boss was given a two-year suspended term for fraud while another engineer received 21 months and a smaller fine.
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Ex-Audi Boss Convicted of Fraud in Automaker's Diesel Emissions Scandal
BERLIN—Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler was convicted of fraud Tuesday in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, making him the highest-ranking executive found guilty over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. A German court handed Stadler a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and ordered him to pay a fine of 1.1 million euros ($1.2 million), some of which will go to charitable groups. The s…
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