Takata Pleads Guilty In Air Bag Scheme, Will Pay $1 Billion In Penalties

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Takata Corp., a Japanese auto parts maker, on Monday pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to pay $1 billion for concealing a deadly defect in millions of its air bag inflators.

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