Former Bumble Bee CEO convicted in price-fixing scheme
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-12-05T17:19:00
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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