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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 94 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Iamdanno@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

I wish that defense worked for me with the cops, LOL

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