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DOJ will not prosecute Proterial Cable over false safety reports as ECCP kicks in

Motorcycles in action
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The company earned leniency for self-reporting and showing cooperation, despite evidence its employees covered up failed safety test results.

Auto parts manufacturer Proterial Cable – formerly Hitachi – will avoid a criminal prosecution after voluntarily disclosing to the US Justice Department that it concealed the failed safety tests of brake hose assemblies for motorcycles that were sold to customers.

Despite the fraud the DOJ found at the business, the