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January 15, 2021
Toyota agreed to pay $180 million to settle claims that the company violated Clean Air Act (CAA) reporting requirements for decades, according to a report the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Thursday. The report said this is the “largest civil penalty for violation of EPA’s emission-reporting requirements.” Allegations against Toyota included “systemic, longstanding violations” of the requirement to report defects and recalls which affect emissions.
“This settlement is yet another important milestone settlement for this Administration, and it continues our unwavering commitment to ensuring that our environmental laws as written, including EPA’s regulations, are rigorously enforced,” said Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Toyota will pay $180 million to settle charges it failed to comply with rules mandating that auto companies report problems with vehicle emissions to authorities, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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A Florida doctor has pleaded guilty to falsifying clinical trial data for an asthma medication that was being studied in young children, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Yvelice Villaman-Bencosme, MD, admitted that, from 2013 to 2016, she participated in a scheme to defraud the pharmaceutical company behind the drug by fabricating data and participation in the clinical trial. The trial, conducted at Unlimited Medical Research in Miami, was meant to study the safety and efficacy of an asthma medication in children ages 4 to 11.
Villaman-Bencosme, who served as the primary investigator for clinical trials at Unlimited Medical Research, admitted that she falsified medical records to make it appear pediatric patients had arrived for scheduled visits, taken the study drugs as required, and received checks as payment for visits.
Florida doctor pleads guilty to clinical trial data fraud A Miami physician has owned up to falsifying research data and patient participation figures for a pediatric asthma trial conducted from 2013 to 2016.
Yvelice Villaman Bencosme of Miami, Florida, has entered a guilty plea in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in response to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Bencosme (who served as primary investigator for clinical purportedly conducted at the medical clinic Unlimited Medical Research in Miami) admitted that from approximately 2013 to 2016, she participated in a scheme to defraud an unnamed pharmaceutical company by fabricating the data and participation of subjects in a clinical trial at UM Research.