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German court convicts four ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal

Four former Volkswagen executives have been found guilty of fraud for their role in the so-called "Dieselgate" emissions-cheating scandal that shook the automotive industry a decade ago.

Judges at the Commercial Criminal Chamber in the German city of Braunschweig sentenced the former head of diesel development to four and a half years in prison, and the head of drive train electronics to two years and seven months.

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