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Former Bumble Bee CEO sentenced 40 months for price-fixing
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-06-17T16:56:00
The former CEO and president of Bumble Bee Foods was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison and pay a $100,000 criminal fine for playing a leading role in a three-year antitrust conspiracy to fix prices of canned tuna.
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