What the outlet published · Sentence 2
“La multinacional pagará hasta 18.000 millones de dólares en la próxima década e introducirá límites de uso para los menores, aunque ha conseguido esquivar el reconocimiento de haber actuado de forma irregular.”
Translation · ES
The multinational will pay up to 18 billion dollars over the next decade and will introduce usage limits for minors, although it has managed to avoid any admission of wrongdoing.
What this claims, in our words
THE HEADLINE FIGURE: up to 18 billion dollars, plus usage limits, with no admission of wrongdoing. "Up to" is doing work here, and the next sentence explains why.