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.

  • Iamdanno@lemmynsfw.com
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    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.

    • evatronic@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

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

    • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      eBay has always sold shady stuff. They only stop when they get lots of pressure about a certain thing they’re allowing. I used to buy $5 Windows 10 keys on there but they haven’t sold them recently.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      For me, “this is unprecedented!” sounds more like “how dare they accusing us of any wrongdoing!”