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
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