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Monday, March 1, 2021

AG Ferguson: Judge finds StarKist liable for price-fixing, Consumer Protection Act violations


SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a judge ruled that StarKist, a canned tuna manufacturer, engaged in a price-fixing scheme from November 2011 through December 2013. 

In a prior and unrelated federal case against StarKist, a federal judge sentenced the company to pay a $100 million criminal fine — the maximum allowed by law — for its role in a nationwide conspiracy to manipulate the price of canned tuna to benefit the company and its executives.

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1 comment:

  1. RENEGADE™March 1, 2021 at 5:47 PM

    How dare they want the price artificially increased for consumers!
    It is no wonder ferguson went after them since increasing the price of consumers has always been the job of the politicians...

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