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Pennsylvania man gets $500k fine for disabling pollution monitors in diesel trucks

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Mechanic with diesel truck | iStock Don’t do mechanical crime if you aren’t ready to do some time. A Pennsylvania man faces a $500,000 fine and charges related to his role in disabling pollution monitors in diesel trucks. He caused a massive increase in dangerous emissions. A Pennsylvania man got popped for disabling pollution monitors in diesel trucks 42-year-old Leon Matin and Frock Brothers Trucking, Inc., of Adams County, Pennsylvania, hav…

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Pennsylvania mechanic sentenced for reprogramming ECMs on at least 8 trucks

A Pennsylvania mechanic has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to tamper with the engine control modules of at least eight trucks – resulting in excess emission. On Friday, March 7, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced sentencing for 42-year-old diesel mechanic Leon Martin of Lititz, Pa. Along with Martin, New Oxford, Pa.-based Frock Brothers Trucking Inc. also received probation and fines for its par…

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