Former shipping executive receives longest jail sentence ever ordered for a single antitrust charge | Practical Law
On 30 January 2009, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a former shipping executive was sentenced to serve 48 months - the longest sentence imposed to date for a single antitrust violation - and to pay a US$20,000 fine for participating in a conspiracy to eliminate competition for freight shipping services between the continental United States and Puerto Rico.