Bridgestone Corporation
Approved Evidence
Added to Rotten Company: 9/1/2026
Conduct/Event period: January 2001–December 2008
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: February 13, 2014
Bridgestone pleaded guilty and paid $425 million for automotive-parts price fixing
Summary
Bridgestone Corporation pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to allocate sales, rig bids and fix prices for automotive anti-vibration rubber parts and was fined $425 million. DOJ records place the conspiracy from at least January 2001 through December 2008 and state that failure to disclose the conspiracy during an earlier criminal resolution was an aggravating factor. Primary source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bridgestone-corp-agrees-plead-guilty-price-fixing-automobile-parts-installed-us-cars
Evidence Weight
97.76
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 97.76335802568494
File Weight: 1