GM Likely to Face Criminal Charges Over Ignition Switches

GM Likely to Face Criminal Charges Over Ignition Switches

Wall Street Journal
May 25, 2015

[…] A criminal wire-fraud charge against Japan’s Toyota last year resulted in a deferred-prosecution agreement and a fine of $1.2 billion, the largest ever against an automotive company, over sudden-acceleration problems implicated in a number of deaths. […] The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office has concluded GM likely broke the law by making misstatements about the ignition-switch glitch in older Chevrolet Cobalts and other cars for more than a decade, according to people familiar with the matter. […]