Person
Troy Lake
Elite Diesel Service, Inc.
Overview
Federal criminal defendant in the District of Colorado. Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act; sentenced December 5, 2024, to 12 months and one day imprisonment and a $2,500 fine. Pardoned by the President on November 7, 2025 per the official clemency record.
Verified facts
- Organization
- Elite Diesel Service, Inc.
- Role
- Elite Diesel Service — federal criminal defendant, pardoned November 7, 2025
- District
- District of Colorado
- Offense
- Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act
- Charge date
- Not yet documented
- Plea date
- Not yet documented
- Sentencing date
- 2024-12-05
- Pardon date
- 2025-11-07
- Sentence
- 12 months and one day imprisonment; $2,500 fine
Connected evidence
Organizations
Associated with · OrganizationVerified reporting
Elite DieselReported as principal of Elite Diesel.
Cases
Defendant in · CaseVerified reporting
U.S. v. Troy Lake / Elite Diesel — federal criminal prosecutionReported federal criminal prosecution and conviction. Date not yet documented.Defendant in the Elite Diesel criminal prosecution.
Pardoned by · PardonVerified reporting
Troy Lake — presidential pardon (2026)Included in the 2026 presidential clemency action affecting identified diesel defeat-device defendants.Included in the 2026 presidential clemency action.
Articles
Discussed in · ArticleVerified reporting
The prosecution and the pardon that ended the diesel warsFreightWaves · 2026-07-06Discussed in the pardon-and-prosecution investigation.
Legislation
Would not address · BillAnalysis
Diesel Truck Liberation ActU.S. CongressStatute remains in force; a bill introduction does not vacate a prior conviction.
Profile
Troy Lake was convicted in the District of Colorado of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and sentenced on December 5, 2024 to 12 months and one day imprisonment and a $2,500 fine. He appears on the November 7, 2025 clemency list.
The pardon runs to Lake personally. The separate corporate defendant Elite Diesel Service, Inc. remains subject to its own December 5, 2024 sentence of five years probation, a corporate compliance program, reporting requirements, a $12,500 community service fee, and a $50,000 fine.