Gibson Guitar Corp. has agreed to pay the federal government $300,000 to resolve a criminal case that alleged the popular musical instrument maker illegally purchased and imported ebony wood from Madagascar and rosewood from India.
Gibson, represented by a team from the Washington office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, entered into a deferred prosecution deal with the U.S. Justice Department, prosecutors announced today. The settlement was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
