Bridgestone pleaded guilty and paid $425 million for automotive-parts price fixing
Company: Bridgestone Corporation
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