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Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to pay US $1.6 billion and plead guilty to deceiving US regulators about the amount of emissions produced by its diesel engines.
The BBC is reporting that the truck company will also be banned from exporting its diesel engines to the country for five years.
It comes after Hino was charged with fraud in a Detroit court for selling 105,000 illegal engines in the US between 2010 and 2022.
The settlement still requires approval by a US court.
According to the US Justice Department, Hino submitted false and fraudulent emission testing and fuel consumption data in a criminal conspiracy that allowed it to import and sell its engines in the United States.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Hino Motors engaged in a years-long scheme to alter and fabricate emissions data in order to get a leg up over its competitors and boost their bottom-line.
He says to further this fraudulent scheme, Hino violated laws and regulations intended to protect American’s health and the environment.
On top of the five-year diesel engine import ban, Hino has also committed to a compliance and ethics plan during that period.
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