'Polluting the air we breathe': Mechanic sentenced for selling thousands of devices ...

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polluting-the-air-we-breathe-mechanic-sentenced-for-selling-thousands-of-devices-that-allowed-trucks-to-bypass-emission-controls-11656351518

‘Polluting the air we breathe’: Mechanic sentenced for selling thousands of devices that allowed trucks to bypass emissions controls

Last Updated: July 2, 2022 at 8:10 a.m. ET
First Published: June 27, 2022 at 1:38 p.m. ET

By Lukas I. Alpert

A North Carolina truck mechanic was sentenced to a year in prison for selling thousands of devices that allowed truck owners to bypass emissions-control systems and produce hundreds of times more pollution than is legally allowed.

Matthew Sidney Geouge, 35, of Hendersonville, N.C., pleaded guilty last year to violating the Clean Air Act and tax evasion. In addition to the prison term, Geouge was also ordered to pay $1.3 million in fines to the EPA, and $1.2 million in back taxes and penalties.

Federal prosecutors say that between 2008 and 2017, Geouge sold around 14,000 kits known as “tuners” or “defeat devices” that helped shut off the emissions systems on mostly diesel-powered pickup trucks.

Some drivers believe the federally mandated control systems, which drastically reduce pollution, inhibit the performance of their trucks.

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[ornotna]

1. Now go after every buyer

Fuck the coal rollers.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Just has to appeal to SCOTUS

He’ll be cleared and be able to collect damages from the EPA

[Johnny999r]

3. central scrutinizer

I thought the exact thing before reading your post. The current SCOTUS, we know which justices, are nothing more than political hacks. Religious cult follower, sexual deviants, bad character, unvetted, compromised, corrupt, etc.