Overview

• The Braunschweig Regional Court convicted four former Volkswagen managers of fraud related to the Dieselgate scandal.
• Two of the convicted managers were sentenced to several years in prison, while the other two received suspended sentences.
• The Dieselgate scandal was first uncovered in 2015 by US authorities, revealing Volkswagen's use of software to cheat emissions tests in millions of diesel vehicles.
• The trial, which began in September 2021, concluded nearly a decade after the scandal first came to light.
• Volkswagen has faced extensive legal and financial fallout from the scandal, with costs exceeding 30 billion euros.