Two more Fiat Chrysler managers indicted in diesel emissions probe

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said two Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) senior managers in Italy had been indicted in the ongoing investigation into diesel emissions cheating at the Italian-American automaker.

In January 2019 the automaker agreed to an $800 million settlement to resolve civil claims that it used illegal software that produced false results on diesel-emissions tests in over 100,000 U.S. vehicles. The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the automaker, which has since changed its name to Stellantis NV, is pending.

Stellantis said it continues to fully cooperate with the Department of Justice.

Sergio Pasini, 43, of Ferrera, Italy, and Gianluca Sabbioni, 55, of Sala Bolognese, Italy, two senior diesel managers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Italy, were indicted in March together with Emanuele Palma, 42, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who was earlier charged.

A representative for the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Detroit said Pasini and Sabbioni were not in custody.

Palma was charged in September 2019 with making and causing the automaker to make provide misleading statements to U.S. regulators about diesel engines’ emission control systems.

Palma is set to go trial in October.