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Company: Samsung
Current Parent Company: Samsung
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Penalty: $29,000,000
Year: 2018
Date: September 4, 2018
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: The Washington Attorney General announced that Samsung agreed to pay $29 million as part of the AG's price-fixing lawsuit against seven manufacturers of cathode ray tubes, or CRTs, from 1995 to 2007.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Washington Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
HQ Country of Current Parent: South Korea
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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