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Company: Infineon Technologies AG
Current Parent Company:
Infineon Technologies
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $160,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: September 15, 2004
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal:
Price Fixing
Violation Description: Infineon Technologies AG, a German manufacturer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $160 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: semiconductors
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