Former Starkist Employee Charged with Conspiring to Fix Canned Tuna Prices
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Reuters] by Diane Bartz - June 5, 2017
A former tuna company executive faces one charge of conspiring with officials from other tuna companies to fix the price of canned seafood from 20D11 to 2013, according to a court filing.
Stephen Hodge was charged on May 30 through a "criminal information," a type of charging document prosecutors tend to use in connection with people who are negotiating plea deals.
StarKist said in a statement that Hodge had worked for the company but left in December 2013. "StarKist has cooperated and is continuing to fully cooperate with the investigation," StarKist said...
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