2 JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN CHARGED IN TECH HARDWARE PRICE FIXING
A grand jury charged two Japanese businessmen
for their role in an alleged global conspiracy to
fix prices for components used in computer hard
disk drives, federal officials announced.
Hitoshi Hashimoto and Hiroyuki Tamura, both
former top sales executives at NHK Spring Co. Ltd.,
were indicted in federal court in San Francisco, the
Department of Justice said in a statement.
Japanese manufacturer NHK Spring Co. Ltd.
(NHK Spring) last year pleaded guilty in the case
and was sentenced to pay a $28.5 million fine.