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VW fined $1.2B by German prosecutors over diesel cheating

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By:
Victoria Bryan
June 13, 2018 05:00 AM

BERLIN -- Volkswagen was fined 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) over diesel-emissions cheating in what amounts to one of the highest ever fines imposed by German authorities against a company.

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