A Japanese airline has agreed in Washington, D.C., federal district court to pay a $73 million criminal fine to resolve allegations of price-fixing in the air transportation industry, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.
The government filed a two-count felony information against Tokyo-based All Nippon Airways Co. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. DOJ lawyers said in court papers that the airline participated with other companies in a conspiracy to fix cargo rates between 2000 and 2006.
