WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Justice Division on Thursday charged the U.S. enterprise of Fiat Chrysler Vehicles with prison conspiracy in its multi-year emissions fraud probe surrounding automobiles with diesel engines.

Reuters reported final week FCA US LLC, now a part of Stellantis NV, had agreed to plead responsible to a prison conspiracy cost arising from its efforts to evade emissions necessities for greater than 100,000 older Ram pickup vans and Jeep sport-utility automobiles in its U.S. lineup and would pay roughly $300 million in penalties.

U.S. District Decide Nancy G. Edmunds in Detroit set a plea listening to for FCA US for 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Stellantis declined to remark.