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Bumble Bee CEO Faces Felony Indictment For Alleged Tuna Price-Fixing

Christopher Lischewski, president and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California and charged with one count of felony price-fixing for his alleged role in a scheme to fix the price of canned and packaged seafood sold in the United States. U.S. v. Lischewski, No. 18-0203 (N.D. Cal., filed May 16, 2018). The felony charge alleges that Lischewski and co-conspirators engaged in “an unreasonable restraint of interstate commerce” in violation of the Sherman Act; the maximum penalties include up to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $1 million. Lischewski’s indictment follows guilty pleas on similar charges from Bumble Bee and its former senior vice president.

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