Argos USA LLC, subsidiary of the cement Argos in United States, entered into an agreement with the Antimonopoly Division of the Department of Justice of the United States, in respect of which it will pay 20 million dollars.
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In a communiqué, the company affirms that dicha many is the result of the resolution of an investigation into the anti-competitive conduct of a small group of examples of a local sales officer in Pooler (Georgia), who is united in Argos USA mediates the acquisition of other business assets, however, that it is uncommon in its conduct.
“The administration of Argos USA, by virtue of Pooler’s office, did not take part in the production, which was complied with and contravened by the company’s compliment policies. Los activos and Pooler, Georgia, are the seller of the argos USA. Argos USA has a response to the conduct of the sus examples and continued collaborative activity with the Departemento de Justicia de Estados Unidos (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés), and este asunto ”.
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In a statement published on January 4, the DOJ signaled that the employees of Argos, and other award-winning concrete companies, participating in a fair price plot, offering tenders and assigning markets for the sale of concrete gifts in the Georgia district and other locations.
According to the DOJ, the conspiracy includes coordination of the issuance of price cards to customers, the assignment of specific concrete works in the coastal area of Georgia, the collection of charges on combustible and current rates of customers have excellent prices and are not competitive. These habian tenos will take place between 2010 and July 2016.
In the communication, Makan Delrahim, Secretary of Justice Auxiliary of the Antimonopoly Division of the Department of Justice, signaled that “the provision of prices, the assignment of marketing and the manipulation of tenders only to its ethical, legal entities”.
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For its part, Bobby L. Christine, federal fiscal for the District of Georgia, assured that “there is no place in the District of Georgia for companies that intend to inflate their collisions illegally with potential competitors and consumer spending.”
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