Former Audi chairman Rupert Stadler has been handed a suspended sentence of one year and nine months by a German court for fraud by negligence in the diesel emission manipulation scandal.
Stadler, who headed Audi from 2007 until 2018, has also been fined €1.1 million (£950,000) in the ruling handed down on Tuesday.
According to prosecutors, Audi manipulated diesel engines with software that allowed them to comply with EU-mandated exhaust emission values on the test bench but not in real-world driving conditions.
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