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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.
Penalty: 
$7,200,000
Year: 
2016
Date: 
November 8, 2016
Offense Group: 
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: 
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: 

Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Shimizu, Japan, agreed to plead guilty and pay a $7.2 million criminal fine for its role in a criminal conspiracy involving automotive steel tubes sold to automobile manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: 
criminal
Source of Data: 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/japanese-auto-parts-company-agrees-plead-... (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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