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US: Utah heir location firm, owner indicted on antitrust charges

By  |  August 18, 2016

A Utah company which locates heirs to estates was indicted on Wednesday over allegations that it conspired with a second heir-location firm to divide up the market, the US Department of Justice said.

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    Kemp & Associates and co-owner Daniel Mannix were charged with one felony count for dividing up customers for their business, which is to find heirs of people who died but did not have a will, the department said. The companies earn a contingency fee for this service.

    Two other companies and three executives were previously charged in the Justice Department Antitrust Division’s investigation into the industry, the department said.

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