Former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski will ask the Ninth Circuit to undo his criminal conviction and 40-month prison sentence for his role in an industry-wide scheme to fix the price of canned tuna.
Judge Edward M. Chen handed down the sentence June 16, three months after he upheld a federal jury’s December guilty verdict. The case’s outcome is being viewed as a warning to top chicken and beef executives facing Justice Department probes that have started yielding arrests.
The sentencing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came two weeks after Washington state added ...
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