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Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Dec. 4, 2019
Tuna chief found guilty in criminal price-fixing trial
A federal jury found Christopher Lischewski colluded with Starkist Co. and Chicken of the Sea by arranging agreements to increase the prices of certain products from 2010 to 2013.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Christopher Lischewski was found guilty Tuesday of directing a scheme to fix canned tuna prices among the three largest packaged seafood companies.
On the first day of deliberating, a federal jury said Lischewski colluded with Starkist Co. and Chicken of the Sea by arranging to increase prices of certain products from 2010 to 2013.
Lischewski was convi...
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