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Company: De Beers Centenary AG
Current Parent Company: Anglo American PLC
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: July 13, 2004
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: De Beers Centenary AG pled guilty and was sentenced to pay a $10 million criminal fine to resolve a longstanding indictment for conspiring to fix the price of industrial diamonds in the United States and elsewhere.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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