Gorilla Tuning of Rexburg, Idaho, pleads guilty to criminal conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, will pay $1 million in criminal fines, while its owner faces up to two years in jail
Gorilla Performance, or GDP Tuning LLC to use its legal name, and its owner Barry Pierce pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the sale and distribution of devices designed to defeat emissions controls in diesel vehicles. Together, they will pay a total of $1 million in fines, and Pierce could be looking at two years in jail.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the plea and the fine today, which followed a probe led by its Criminal Investigation Division. It charged Pierce and Gorilla Performance with conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act. According to the EPA, Gorilla Tuning sold tens of thousands of tuning devices, as well as the accompanying software to tamper with a
on-board diagnostic systems. In addition, it operated a retail shop in Rexburg, Idaho, where emissions control deletes were conducted.Californian Tuner Fined $1M For Selling Diesel Emissions Cheat Devices For Pickups “Tampering with vehicles’ on-board diagnostic devices isn’t just a violation of federal law – it’s a major health hazard,” said Todd Kim, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “People are harmed as a direct consequence of the many air pollutants that would be removed by emissions controls systems absent the illegal tampering.”
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