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Criminal

Nov. 21, 2019

Tuna executive says he feared retaliation if he didn’t collude

Chicken of the Sea executive Shue Wing Chan said he routinely assured Bumble Bee CEO Christoper Lischewski he was adhering to an alleged arrangement between three major seafood companies “so he didn’t retaliate.”

SAN FRANCISCO -- Christopher Lischewski, the one-time Bumble Bee Foods CEO being tried on charges of directing a price-fixing conspiracy, regularly discouraged Chicken of the Sea from "promoting aggressively" in accordance with pricing agreements, the company's former top executive testified on Wednesday.

Shue Wing Chan said he routinely had to assure Lischewski he was still adhering to the arrangement between three major packaged ...

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