People v. Schuster, Cir. Ct for Orange Cty, NY
Defendants allegedly submitted sham bids on each others’ electronic auctions on E-Bay, causing consumers to pay more for items on which “shill” bids were made. Defendants pleaded guilty.
Utah v. Fletcher, Case No. 860358-CA (Utah)
Companion case to Utah v. Thompson, which was case of first impression as a criminal prosecution under the Utah Antitrust Act. Defendatns were found guilty of criminally violating the anti-group-boycott provisions of the Utah Antitrsut Act.
Utah v. Thompson, 751 P.2d 805; 77 Utah Ad. Rep. 34; 1988 Utah App. LEXIS 32, 1988-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 67,925 (1988)
Case of first impression as a criminal prosecution under the Utah Antitrust Act. Defendatns were found guilty of criminally violating the anti-group-boycott provisions of the Utah Antitrsut Act.
People v. Joseph Weiss
Joseph Weiss was the CEO of Candle Business Systems (See New York v. Candle Bus. Sys. Inc.) He pled guilty to a market allocation scheme with Facsimile Communications in connection wtih copiers sold to the City Board of Education.
People v. Frangoulis, No. 10443/2000 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Kings County, Apr. 20, 2001), available at http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/committees/state-antitrust/frangoulis.pdf
Charging criminal antitrust violation, grand larceny, falsifying business records, and offering false instrument for filing. The 16-count indictment charges the defendant with submitting multiple fake bids for housing repair contracts and larceny in connection with contract obtained as a result.
People v. Abraham No. 449/2002 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Kings County, Apr. 20, 2001)
Bid rigging in the sale of copiers to the City Board of Education
People v. Anthony Franze, (N.Y. Ct. N.Y. County, Apr. 2, 2002)
Criminal component of bid-rigging and attempted bribery case in window cleaning services for schools.
Maryland v. Hayes, C.I. 19012019 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).
During pre-bid walk-through of asbestos removal jobs, defendant agreed with others to rig competitive sealed bids and file complementary bids on some jobs.
Maryland v. Cerquetti, C.I. 291344016 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1992)
Bid-rigging on state construction contracts
Maryland v. Thrappas, C.I. 290232012 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).
Defendant agreed with others to submit rigged bids on asbestos abatement jobs.
