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Honda Executive Points Finger at Boss: Stanley James Cardiges, a former top sales executive of Torrance-based American Honda Motor Co., said he believes the company’s president, Koichi Amemyia, knew he was on the take and asked for a Mercedes and other gifts himself. Cardiges, a Laguna Hills resident, is testifying as the key prosecution witness in the federal trial of two former colleagues accused of taking kickbacks from Honda dealers throughout the 1980s. Cardiges had been charged in the case but pleaded guilty in February. His testimony veered from the line he took last week when he told jurors that no one above the level of his one-time boss and predecessor in Honda’s top U.S. sales job, defendant John Billmyer, knew of the illegal activities.