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Pleading guilty were Kyle Offringa, 33, of Caledonia, Mich., and Highway and Heavy Parts, LLC., prosecutors said.
The two were indicted earlier this year, accused of deleting emissions control hardware on their heavy-duty diesel trucks, significantly increasing pollution emitted, prosecutors said. They admitted that between June 2017 and March 2019, they conspired with Highway and Heavy Parts customers, including coconspirators Fultonville-based DAIM Logistics and Patrick Oare, of Fultonville, to tamper with the emission control devices on numerous diesel vehicles. Offringa reprogram the devices to bypass monitoring functions in exchange for a fee of between $1,000 and $1,500, officials said.
Highway and Heavy Parts is to be sentenced in December, Offringa in January. The company would pay a $25,000 fine, Offringa $100,000. He also faces up to 5 years in prison, officials said.
Oare and DAIM previously pleaded guilty to similar charges and are to be sentenced in October. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigations Division is investigating, with help from the FBI and New York State Department of Environmental Police. Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin S.
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