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Article Highlights:
- Ex-Audi CEO Rupert Stadler is the first high-ranking executive to be convicted over the emissions cheating scandal that rocked the car industry in 2015.
- In line with a plea deal agreed last month, Stadler avoided jail time in return for admitting to fraud by negligence.
- The 60-year-old admitted in May that he allowed vehicles potentially equipped with manipulating software to remain on sale even after learning of the scam.
