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TO DONNA BARONE OF CASEY SPRING COMPANY INC. FOR WINNING AN IPOD MP3
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MICHIGAN SCRAP METAL DEALER
AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING NINE SUPPLIERS
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2004/203841.htm
Sturgis
Iron & Metal was charged with shortweighing, an industry term used
when misrepresented weights
are used to pay the supplier or customer. The shortweighing involved
the South Bend facility and the headquarters in Sturgis, Michigan
between 1995 and 2000.
TWO CLEVELAND SCRAP METAL COMPANIES, OWNER, AND AN EMPLOYEE
INDICTED ON SUPPLIER ALLOCATION AND BID-RIGGING CHARGES
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2004/January/04_at_018.htm
A federal grand jury in Cleveland indicted M. Weingold & Co.
(M. Weingold); Harry Rock & Associates Inc. (Rock), formerly known
as Harry Rock & Company; their owner, Jack Weingold; and an
employee of M. Weingold, Loren Margolis, for conspiring to allocate
scrap metal suppliers and rig bids for the purchase of scrap metal in
Northeast Ohio, the Department of Justice announced. In addition, Rock
was indicted for committing wire fraud in connection with a
bid-rigging attempt with a competitor.
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