Former Audi CEO receives suspended sentence in diesel scandal case.
TL;DR
Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler has been given a suspended sentence of one year and nine months and fined €1.1m ($1.2m) after being convicted of fraud for his role in the diesel emissions scandal. Stadler admitted to allowing Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles equipped with manipulating software to remain on sale even after the scandal had become public knowledge. Two co-defendants, former head of engine development Wolfgang Hatz and a former leading engineer identified under German privacy laws only as P, were also sentenced.
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