If found guilty, Jonathan Rinderknecht faces as much as 45 years in prison.

Target agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle investigations by dozens of states over a 2013 hack of its database in which the personal information of millions of customers was stolen.

The carmaker has already paid out more than $2 billion to resolve legal issues stemming from the scandal.

Hackers linked to the Iranian government launched cyber-attacks on some four dozen U.S. financial institutions and a flood-control dam above New York City in forays meant to undermine U.S. markets and national security.

Hackers and conspirators in more than a dozen countries generated hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds.

GM is facing hundreds of personal-injury and wrongful-death claims over the deadly flawed ignition switches, as well as suits by car owners seeking as much as $10 billion for the lost value of their vehicles.

The criminal settlement may end almost two years of questions about what GMs executives knew and whether they would be held personally responsible.

The U.S. government is determining whether charges will be brought against General Motors Co. or its employees over the handling of a faulty ignition switch, a person familiar with the investigation said.