Kory B. Willis, CEO of Louisiana-based Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI), has been sentenced to 10 months of house arrest and a $1.55 million fine for selling illegal software that bypassed emissions controls on diesel trucks. The sentencing, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, also includes probation terms for both Willis and PPEI, stemming from guilty pleas entered in March 2022.
Violations and Sentencing
Willis and PPEI admitted to conspiring to violate and violating the Clean Air Act by tampering with emissions control systems on diesel trucks. U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Willis to three years of probation, including 10 months of home confinement, and ordered Willis and PPEI to jointly pay $1.55 million in criminal fines. PPEI was also sentenced to five years of probation.
“The software that Mr. Willis and PPEI manufactured and sold reversed the effects of emissions control requirements for vehicles driven on our country’s roads, posing unacceptable risk to the health of our citizens,” said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
