Sentence examples for criminal prices from inspiring English sources
Because it is a few blocks away from the courthouses in lower Manhattan, Century 21 (22 Cortlandt Street) is a lunchtime favorite for people on jury duty who are hoping to snag a haute thing or two at criminal prices — a pair of Martin Margiela navy crushed-velvet jeans, perhaps ($219.99, originally $825), or an aqua zebra-patterned horsehair camisole designed by Rohka ($299.99, originally $1,470).
JJB is now embroiled in an Office of Fair Trading investigation into alleged criminal price-fixing with Sports Direct.
The penalties for individuals found to have committed fraud or criminal price fixing under the Enterprise Act could include substantial fines or even prison sentences.
"We are greatly concerned by the large number of suppliers in the automotive supplier sector who have pled guilty to serious criminal price-fixing charges," it said in a statement.
De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal price fixing, a court official and a lawyer involved in the case said on Friday.
After accepting responsibility for his criminal actions, Price was given 232 months imprisonment, or eight months below the 20-year mandatory minimum that Congress now wants to reduce to 15 years.
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Although they have played an important part in teaching our future lawyers about the iniquities of the criminal justice system," Price tells me.
The offence became a crime in Britain only in 2002; if the oil men are indeed tried at home, it will be the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing in British history.
The second is that the watchdog is beginning to benefit from the American-style trust-busting powers it was given in 2003: these allow it to bring criminal charges against price-fixers while offering amnesty to whistleblowers.
