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Toyota's Hino unit agrees to plead guilty in $1.6 billion settlement of U.S. emissions fraud case

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Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors pleads guilty to misleading regulators, endangering public health.

Deal includes $1.6 billion fine, $521.76 million criminal penalty, $442.5 million in civil penalties to U.S. and California .

Hino used altered emissions test data to get approval to import and sell more than 110,000 diesel engines, EPA says.

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