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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp.
Penalty: $43,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: September 12, 2011
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: A California aftermarket auto lights distributor agreed to plead guilty for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights. Maxzone agreed to pay a $43 million criminal fine and to assist the department in its ongoing investigation into the aftermarket auto lights industry.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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