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Rio Noel's Nissan GT-R's custom ECU scandal and forced company's shut-down controversy
On 2014, Malaysian multi-instrumentalist virtuoso musician and first lead guitarist of Heartbeat Revolution, Rio Noel, has filed summons and lawsuits to John Hennessey and his company (Hennessey Performance Engineering) via Malaysia's Federal Court, for equipping an "unknown" custom ECU that has "totaled" his custom-modified Nissan GT-R, while participating a local charity convoy event in Malaysia.

After investigating the code of the custom ECU that was equipped in his GT-R, Rio reveals that the code he discovered was a "hacking script" (which could irregulates other computer units, such as, powertrain control module and brake control module; or worse, it could make the car automatically, and quickly accelerates after the engine has been started). As for this, Rio demanded a refund of maximum $1.25 billion from John Hennessey, threatened to shut down his automotive business and forcing him to Malaysia (to face the trial), for he had allegedly trying to create a homicide of a single-vehicle accident on Rio.

With Rio's threats towards Hennessey Performance Engineering to forced company's closing posted on local newspapers, controversies, criticism and conspiracy theories sparkled against the locals' performance shop, bringing them to brought up their negative opinions on his threats on businesses and automotive modifications.

Before had itself being totaled, Rio's Nissan GT-R has been modified with an upgraded twin-turbo kit, along with GReddy's programmable ECU equipped. It also had its custom exterior art featuring High School DxD's official character art of Akeno Himejima, along with logos such as 'M7 Drive', 'UR-Ultra Racing', 'Nismo' and other brands, resembled that he's endorsing such brands locally.