DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFENSE1. Beginning at least as early as 1999 and continuing until as late as May 2, 2007, the exact dates being unknown to the United States, in Broward and Monroe Counties in the Southern District of Florida, and elsewhere, the defendantDUNLOP OIL & MARINE LTD.and co-conspirators did enter into and engage in a combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by rigging bids, fixing prices, and allocating market shares for sales of marine hose in the United States and elsewhere. The combination and conspiracy was in unreasonable restraint of interstate and foreign trade and commerce in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1).2. The charged combination and conspiracy consisted of a continuing agreement, understanding, and concert of action among the defendant and co-conspirators, the substantial terms of which were to rig bids, fix prices, and allocate market shares for sales of marine hose in the United States and elsewhere. The victims of this conspiracy included companies involved in the off-shore extraction and/or transportation of petroleum products, as well as, the United States Department of Defense.

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