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posted by janrinok on Sunday March 23 2014, @05:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the money-talks dept.

n1 writes:

"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a criminal wire fraud charge against Toyota for defrauding consumers by issuing misleading statements about safety issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

On the same day, The Department of Justice also announced a deferred prosecution agreement with Toyota under which the automotive company accepts a $1.2bn penalty and admits that it misled U.S. consumers by concealing and making deceptive statements about two safety issues affecting its vehicles, each regarding unintended acceleration. If Toyota conforms to all the terms of the agreement, the government will defer prosecution on the information for three years and then seek to dismiss the charge."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Rune of Doom on Sunday March 23 2014, @02:52PM

    by Rune of Doom (1392) on Sunday March 23 2014, @02:52PM (#19939)

    Nope, not strange at all. Obviously Toyota didn't spend enough lobbying dollars in America.

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