Rupert Stadler, the former head of the German automobile company “Audi”, has decided to appeal the sentence imposed on him in the so-called dieselgate scandal, which rocked the parent company “Volkswagen”.
Last week, the Munich District Court gave Stadler a suspended prison sentence of one year and nine months and a fine of 1.1 million euros.
Stadler pleaded guilty to the Dieselgate scandal in May in exchange for a reduced sentence.
However, the press representative of the Munich District Court announced on Tuesday that the 60-year-old Stadler has now decided to appeal this sentence, without providing a reason for this action.
Stadler was not accused of organizing the installation of software to falsify the harmful emissions of cars, but he allowed the sale of these cars until the beginning of 2018, even though he knew about the existence of such software.
Stadler admitted that he had the opportunity to intervene, but did not do so. Stadler regrets what he did.
Stadler is the first head of an automotive company to be convicted in the Dieselgate scandal.
He led “Audi” for 11 years until June 2018, when he was arrested. He was released on bail four months later.
As reported, at the end of April, the former high-level manager of the company, Wolfgang Hatz, already admitted his guilt in the “dieselgate” scandal.
Hatz and two of his colleagues had organized the installation of harmful emissions falsifying software in cars equipped with diesel engines.
The trial lasted two-and-a-half years, and Hatz pleaded guilty after the court recommended a reduced sentence in March if he pleaded guilty.
The Dieselgate scandal began in 2015, when the German automotive giant “Volkswagen” admitted that the diesel engines of millions of cars were equipped with secret software that made it possible to get better results in emissions tests.
After that, several other European automotive companies, such as “Daimler”, “Fiat” and “Renault”, were involved in similar scandals.
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2023-07-06 06:38:34
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