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More guilty pleas for pump gas price-fixing conspiracy in Quebec

By  |  April 15, 2012

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    Five individuals and one company, Société Coopérative Agricole des Bois-Francs, have pleaded guilty to pump gasoline price-fixing in Victoriaville, Quebec. Société Coopérative Agricole des Bois-Francs owns the Sonic banner station and was fined $124,000. The individuals were former managers or owners of stations; each was fined $5,000, with the exception of Marc-Yvan Létourneau, who was fined $10,000.

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