Bumble Bee ex-CEO convicted for price-fixing

Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods, was found guilty of price-fixing by a jury on Dec. 3. The conviction caps a years-long investigation into price-fixing by the canned tuna industry.[1] The three largest suppliers of canned tuna—Bumble Bee Foods LLC, StarKist, and Chicken of the Sea—have been embroiled in lawsuits and indictments since a whistleblower revealed a price-fixing scheme that had been going on since at least 2004.

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