The criminal case is the latest scandal plaguing the automotive industry in recent years involving vehicle emissions and safety.

The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FBI, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector

Fines of more than $525 million have been levied against Hino Motors for falsifying data related to emissions performance by its heavy-duty diesel engines.

Hino Motors will plead guilty to submitting false emissions data to regulators for more than 100,000 heavy-duty trucks. The company will pay an array of fines, and fix some affected vehicles for free.

Hino Motors has reached a $1.6 billion settlement and agreed to plead guilty to charges of excess diesel engine emissions.

US officials late Wednesday announced a $1.6 billion deal with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors to settle charges it deceived regulators about the amount of emissions spewed by its diesel engines.

The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Transportation’s Office of

Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota, has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. authorities following revelations of a years-long scheme to falsify emissions data for its diesel engines. The agreement,