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Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices::The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.

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[–] Iamdanno@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ebay's response: "This is unprecedented!"; not "This is a lie!", or "We're not guilty!".

If your best response is that the EPA hasn't prosecuted you this large before, then you must be super guilty.

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope the case results in the list of people who bought these things being forwarded to their states' authorities.

[–] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol no state has extra resources to do anything. Murica!

[–] roboticide@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And where these are most popular, the police would choose not to do anything anyway.

[–] Amends1782@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Lol bootlicker. I don't agree with their purchases by anymeans but fuck snitching to the government , an arguably more corrupt system than private sector ecommerce

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