A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States.

Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will plead guilty to conspiracy charges and pay penalties for deceiving regulators about its diesel engines, the E.P.A. said.

Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, will pay $1.6 billion to the federal government and state of California to resolve criminal and civil allegations of emissions fraud. The settlement announced Wednesday is one of the largest criminal and civil penalties in the history of EPA’s mobile source program.

Hino Motors (TM), a Toyota Motor Co. subsidiary, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $1.6 billion fine as part of a settlement with several U.S. agencies over an emissions fraud scheme.

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors will pay $1.6 billion to settle a fraud case that alleged the company deceived regulators about emissions amounts from its diesel engines, U.S. officials have announced.

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than 105,000 U.S.