👩⚖️⚖ Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler will plead guilty over the “dieselgate” vehicle emissions-cheating scandal. This would make him the first auto CEO to be convicted in the resulting lawsuits. Full story here ⬇
“According to the proposal, Mr Stadler will receive a suspended sentence of 18 to 24 months if he confesses. In addition, he will have to pay €1.1-million ,” he said.Stadler, 60, had previously denied the charges of fraud, falsifying certifications and false advertising against him.
Stadler had been Audi’s chief executive for 11 years when he was arrested in June 2018. He spent four months in pretrial detention owing to prosecution concerns that he would try to influence witnesses. The charges against them covered 434 420 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles sold in Europe and the United States as far back as 2009.
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