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TENNESSEE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Two Amazon marketplace sellers and four of their companies have pleaded guilty to price fixing DVDs and Blu Ray Discs, officials announced Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last week, U.S. District Court in Tennessee, Bruce Fish of Hayfield, Minnesota, along with BDF Enterprises, Inc., a corporate entity owned by Fish, admitted to participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

These discs were sold on the Amazon marketplace. <\/span><\/p>\n

Victor Btesh of Brooklyn, New York, and three New York corporate entities, of which Btesh is the sole or majority owner, plead guilty to the same conspiracy on Feb. 9.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the plea agreements, Btesh and Fish, along with their four corporate entities, agreed with co-conspirators to raise and maintain the prices of DVDs and Blu-Rays sold in Amazon marketplace storefronts, resulting in those products being sold at collusive and noncompetitive prices. <\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon Marketplace is an e-commerce platform that enables third-party vendors to sell new or used products alongside Amazon\u2019s own offerings. <\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon Marketplace is owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The four corporate entities are the first corporate defendants to plead guilty and the owners are the fifth and sixth individuals in the scheme. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information concerning price fixing or other anticompetitive conduct related to the sale of DVDs, Blu-Rays, or products sold through Amazon Marketplace should contact the Antitrust Division\u2019s Chicago Office at 312-984-7200, Citizen Complaint Center at 888-647-3258 or\u00a0www.justice.gov\/atr\/contact\/newcase.html<\/a>, FBI\u2019s New York Field Office at 212-384-1000, or USPS OIG\u2019s Fraud, Waste, & Misconduct Hotline at 888-877-7644.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs e-commerce has become a cornerstone of the economy, it is vital to protect fair and open competition in online marketplaces,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department\u2019s Antitrust Division. \u201cConspiring to fix prices, wherever that conduct may occur, harms competition. These guilty pleas demonstrate that the division remains committed to deterring, detecting, and prosecuting anticompetitive conduct across markets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCases like these demonstrate the FBI\u2019s dedication to investigating those who look to operate outside of the law to conspire to fix prices in the consumer marketplace,\u201d said Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI\u2019s Criminal Investigative Division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A criminal violation of the Sherman Act carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $1 million criminal fine for individuals, and a $100 million fine for corporations. <\/span><\/p>\n

The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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