All price-fixing articles
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ArticleTaro Pharma to pay $206M to resolve price-fixing charges
Taro Pharmaceuticals will pay a $205.7 million criminal penalty to resolve charges as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into the generic pharmaceutical industry.
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ArticleFormer Bumble Bee CEO sentenced 40 months for price-fixing
The former CEO and president of Bumble Bee Foods was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison and pay a $100,000 criminal fine for playing a leading role in a three-year antitrust conspiracy to fix prices of canned tuna.
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ArticleGermany hits pesticides wholesalers with large fines
Seven pesticide wholesalers have been fined a total of €155 million (U.S. $173 million) for operating a 17-year price-fixing cartel.
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ArticleFormer Bumble Bee CEO convicted in price-fixing scheme
The former president and CEO of packaged seafood company Bumble Bee was convicted for his participation in an antitrust conspiracy to fix prices of canned tuna, the Justice Department announced.
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ArticleEuropean Commission fines companies $34.5M in cartel case
The European Commission has fined Dutch food-processing company Coroos and French agricultural cooperative Groupe Cecab a total of €31.6 million (U.S. $34.5 million) for engaging in a cartel scheme that spanned more than a decade.
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Fishy business: StarKist to pay $100M for tuna price fixing
StarKist must pay a criminal fine of $100 million, the statutory maximum, for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for canned tuna sold in the United States.
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Bumble Bee to pay $25M in price-fixing scheme
Seafood company, Bumble Bee, pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a $25 million criminal fine resulting from an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into the packaged seafood industry.