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CAS Says GM Ignition Switch Airbag Failure Caused 303 Deaths
These explosive allegations from an organization that is funded by product liability lawyers is the latest negative development in the ongoing GM ignition switch controversy, which has seen GM first deny a safety defect existed, and then issue a recall, as well as an apology, and then expand the recall to cover more cars. Continue reading
Posted in litigation, recalls, safety
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, cas, Ditlow, fars, Ken Zino, nhtsa
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Where’s the Independent Investigation of NHTSA for Failure to act on Deadly GM Ignition Switches and Air Bag Failures?
In AutoInformed’s view, the circumstances cries out for an independent investigation and an independent prosecutor dealing with both involved parties, one that is immune to political maneuvering and internal politics at NHTSA and GM. Continue reading
Posted in AutoInformed Editorial, litigation, recalls
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Denso Exec Guilty for Obstructing Parts Price Fixing Probe
Kazuaki Fujitani, once a director of Denso in Japan will serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison instead of the maximum price fixing penalty of 20 years in prison and a criminal fine of $250,000 for individuals. Continue reading
Posted in fools 'n frauds, litigation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, denso, Ken Zino, toyota
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Bridgestone Latest Japanese Scofflaw as Auto Supplier Price Fixing Scandal Expands Yet Again
Including Bridgestone, 26 companies have pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty in the department’s ongoing investigation into price fixing and bid rigging in the automotive parts industry. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, price fixing
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EPA 2013 Enforcement Collects $4.5 billion in Criminal Fines
The U.S. EPA has released its annual report on enforcement efforts and it shows the agency’s cases resulted in criminal sentences requiring violators to pay more than $4.5 billion in combined fines, restitution and court-ordered environmental projects that benefit communities, and more than $1.1 billion in civil penalties. Continue reading
More Japanese Price Fixing. Diamond Electric Execs Guilty
Including the latest charges, 28 individuals and 24 companies have caught in the government’s ongoing investigation into price fixing and bid rigging in the auto parts industry. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, price fixing
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Las Vegas Biofuels Fraud Revealed in latest EISA Scam
Two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for offenses involving the badly audited federal renewable fuels program that passed out taxpayer money for the production of biodiesel among other things. Continue reading
Posted in alternative fuels, fools 'n frauds, litigation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, biofuels, doj, eisa, Ken Zino, renewable fuels
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Predatory Credit Charges on Used Cars Filed by DOJ
The defendants engaged in a pattern of “reverse redlining” by targeting African-American customers for installment sale contracts with inflated sales prices, down payments, and interest rates without meaningfully assessing the customers’ credit. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, predatory credit
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Texas RV and Motorcycle Importers Fined for CAA Abuses
Savoia, BMX Imports, BMX Trading, and their owner, Terry Zimmer, allegedly illegally imported motorcycles that didn’t comply with the Clean Air Act, or CAA Continue reading
Posted in fuel economy or emissions, litigation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, BMX Imports, BMX Trading, caa, doj, Ken Zino, Savoia
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Chesapeake Energy to Pay Millions for Wetlands Destruction
No criminal charges against executives were pursued, however. So the environmental rhetoric of the Obama Administration is put aside in the latest corporate friendly deal under Eric Holder, his politically appointed Attorney General. Continue reading
Posted in alternative fuels, energy, litigation
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Chesapeake Appalachia, clean water act, Ken Zino
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Hyundai Cops Plea on Mileage Fraud Class Action
The fraud produced mileage claims that could be as much as 6 mpg higher than EPA tests showed. About 900,000 vehicles are affected in the largest mileage fraud in history, including the best-selling Kia Optima and Hyundai Elantra sedans. Both makers heavily advertise and promote fuel economy as cornerstones of their brands, of course. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Hyundai mileage fraud, Ken Zino
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Prison Time for Perp in Odometer Fraud Case
A North Carolina man, Francis Marimo, will spend 18 months in prison for his role in an odometer fraud scam. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, odometer fraud
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Ally Settles Auto Loan Discrimination Case
The agreement is the first joint fair lending enforcement action by the Justice Department and CFPB, which Republicans and their Wall Street and banking cronies continue to fiercely resist. However, in AutoInformed’s view this is not exactly the strongest test case possible. Continue reading
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Tagged ally, auto loan discrimination, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, cfpb, Ken Zino
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BP Engineer Guilty of Obstruction of Justice in Deepwater Horizon Spill
Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, was convicted yesterday of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the 20 April 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mix, 52, of Katy, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury in … Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, deepwater horizon, Ken Zino
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More Japanese Price Fixing from Stanley Electric
While the Obama Administration is pushing forward on a secret and job-destroying trade agreement with Japan, another Japanese company, Stanley Electric is caught as part of a huge price fixing cartel, which is hurting the U.S. auto industry and autoworkers as Oriental disdain for U.S. law continues unabated Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, doj, Ken Zino, price fixing, stanley electric
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