An executive at the local unit of Volkswagen was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Friday on charges of fabricating reports that came to light following the German carmaker's emissions scandal.
The Seoul Central District Court found the executive, identified only by his surname Yoon, guilty of a string of charges, including forging documents and breaking the country's Clean Air Conservation Act. Yoon is the local unit's executive in charge of the vehicle certification process.
This photo shows the Seoul headquarters of Audi-Volkswagen on Feb. 19, 2016, as it is raided by prosecutors investigating the German carmaker's faked emissions test results. (Yonhap)
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