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Company: Chi Mei Optoelectronics
Current Parent Company: Chi Mei Corporation
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Penalty: $220,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: December 9, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: A Thin-Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display producer and seller agreed to plead guilty and pay $220 million in criminal fines for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of liquid crystal display panels.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Taiwan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: plastics
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