Fishy business: StarKist to pay $100M for tuna price fixing
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-09-12T15:50:00
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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