Justice Dept.: Sports Equipment Sales Professional Pleads Guilty to Long-Running Bid Rigging Schemes and Conspiracy to Defraud Public Schools
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 13, 2024:
A former sales employee of a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment pleaded guilty today for his role in three separate conspiracies -- two conspiracies to rig bids in violation of the Sherman Act and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud -- all related to sports equipment for schools located in Mississippi and elsewhere. At least 100 schools thr . . .
A former sales employee of a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment pleaded guilty today for his role in three separate conspiracies -- two conspiracies to rig bids in violation of the Sherman Act and one conspiracy to commit wire fraud -- all related to sports equipment for schools located in Mississippi and elsewhere. At least 100 schools thr . . .