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> A Volkswagen AG compliance executive who pleaded guilty in the U.S. for his role in the company’s $30 billion emissions cheating scandal was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-06/vw-execut...




And Germany temporarily jailed a bunch of executives (including Audi's CEO, who is still in jail as far as I know) this year to stop them interfering with investigations, and results of those investigations might lead to more being sentenced once they're done.




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