Bumble Bee former CEOF convicted

San Francisco:Former Bumble Bee Foods LLC chief executive officer Chris Lischewski was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a price-fixing racket, a rare outcome in a United States antitrust crackdown.

In December, Lischewski was found guilty by a San Francisco federal jury of conspiring with colleagues and other industry executives to manipulate canned tuna prices, capping a marathon U.S. investigation that shook the packaged seafood industry and ultimately forced Bumble Bee into bankruptcy. US District Judge Edward Chen imposed a EU$100,000 (FJ$ 100,000.00) fine on Lischewski on top of a 40-month term of incarceration