Takata pleads guilty in air bag scandal, agrees to pay $1B

Takata Corp.'s chief financial officer Yoichiro Nomura leaves federal court in Detroit, Monday. Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the U.S.
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Takata Corp.'s chief financial officer Yoichiro Nomura leaves federal court in Detroit, Monday. Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the U.S.

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