German carmaker Opel pays 65-mln-euro fine in diesel scandal
BERLIN, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- German carmaker Opel paid a fine of 64.8 million euros (75.5 million U.S. dollars) over the manipulation of diesel exhaust emission levels and thus avoided legal proceedings, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday.
The investigation against Opel had already been concluded in February with an associative fine for breaching documentation requirements. "The fine ha