Financial records have shown that the US Department of Justice antitrust division issued more antitrust fines than ever for fiscal year 2012. Reports say the Division obtained more than $1.13 billion in criminal fines, a value that has never before been reached in the 122-year history of the regulator. Eighty-six percent of that record-setting figure belongs to two sanctions issued by the DOJ that also hit their own records: A $470 million fine was issued to Yazaki Corporation in January, and a $500 million fine was issued to AU Optronics last September.
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