Federal prosecutors in Sacramento on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging 12 people from around the state with violating the Clean Air Act in what they portrayed as a long-running, sophisticated and surprisingly widespread scheme to cheat on smog tests. The defendants “polluted the air we breathe for their own profit and harmed the health of Californians,” U.S. Atty. Phillip Talbert said in a statement.
“Make sure everyone come to the class monday mostly about the new n8tr and running the new software and operation other wise u will miss a lot,” Hemdan texted to a group of smog check operators in July of 2019, according to the indictment.
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