{"id":18629,"date":"2015-12-24T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T07:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18629"},"modified":"2015-12-24T23:23:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T07:23:08","slug":"heir-location-firm-president-pleads-guilty-agreeing-not-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18629","title":{"rendered":"Heir Location Firm President Pleads Guilty for Agreeing Not to Compete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ILLINOIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JUSTICE-DEPT-IMAGE2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-802 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JUSTICE-DEPT-IMAGE2.jpg\" alt=\"JUSTICE DEPT IMAGE\" width=\"228\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>The president and CEO of a California-based heir location services provider and his firm have agreed to plead guilty to allocating customers with another heir location firm, officials announced Wednesay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Bradley N. Davis<\/strong>, president of Brandenburger &amp; Davis, and his firm will plead guilty to conspiring between 2003 and 2012 to eliminate competition in the heir location services industry, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Brandenburger &amp; Davis has agreed to pay an $890,000 criminal fine for its role in the conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wednesday&#8217;s charge is the first to result from an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into customer allocation, price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct in the heir location services industry, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Heir location services firms identify people who may be entitled to an inheritance from estate of a relative who died without a will. \u00a0The heir location services firms then help heirs secure their inheritances in exchange for a contingency fee paid out of the inheritances they are due to receive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe defendants conspired for nearly a decade to enrich themselves at the expense of beneficiaries,\u201d said <strong>Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer.\u00a0<\/strong> \u201cHeirs of relatives who died without a will deserve better.\u00a0 Working with the FBI and our other law enforcement partners, the Antitrust Division will continue to hold the leaders of companies that corrupt the competitive process accountable for their crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In a separate plea agreement, Davis and the Antitrust Division have jointly agreed to allow the court to determine an appropriate criminal sentence.\u00a0 In addition, both the company and Davis have agreed to assist the government in its investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The charge was filed today in the U.S. District Court of Illinois.\u00a0 The terms of the plea agreements are subject to approval of the court.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILLINOIS &nbsp; 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