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Company: George's Inc.
Penalty: $5,800,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 17, 2023
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice filed a proposed amended complaint and consent decreein the District of Maryland with George's Inc. and George's Foods LLC that would resolve claims that George's conspired with other poultry processors for years to suppress workers' wages by exchanging compensation information (wage-fixing). George's agreed to pay $5.8 million in restitution for poultry processing plant workers who were harmed by the conspiracy.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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