Four former Volkswagen managers convicted of fraud in ‘dieselgate’ trial
by Guardian staff and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XHXA)
Braunschweig court gives two former executives prison sentences for roles in emissions test-cheating scandal
A German court has convicted four former Volkswagen managers of fraud and given two of them prison sentences for their part in the dieselgate" emissions test-cheating scandal that erupted almost a decade ago.
The former head of development Heinz-Jakob Neusser received a suspended jail term of one year and three months from the court in the city of Braunschweig, according to the news agency Bloomberg.
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