The company agreed to plead guilty to price fixing, after being charged in July 2017. According to authorities, the company participated in the anticompetitive scheme from 2001 to 2011. The company is among seven components producers identified by the Department of Justice.
The company also faces fine from other countries as part of a European Union probe into price fixing. Earlier this year, the EU fined the company nearly $90M. Taiwan, Japan and Singapore have also fined the company for anticompetitive practices.
The Department of Justice investigated a number of companies for a range of Antitrust violations. The investigation centered around capacitor manufacturers. Capacitors play an important role in electronic devices. Federal regulators say the conspiracy to fix prices succeeded in affecting the prices of consumer electronics.
The company’s Criminal fine does not exclude the possibility that company executives may also face criminal charges in the matter.
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