Plea Agreement : U.S. v. ABB Middle East & Africa ... - Cartel Digest

(b)During the relevant period, ABB MEA participated in aconspiracy to rig bids on Contract 29, a USAID-funded construction contractin Egypt. In furtherance of the conspiracy, ABB MEA, through an officer andan agent, engaged in conversations and attended meetings with othermembers of the bid-rigging conspiracy. During those meetings andconversations, the conspirators reached agreements relating to the bids onContract 29, a USAID-funded wastewater construction contract in Egypt, inan effort to eliminate or reduce competition on Contract 29.(c)During the relevant period, the equipment, materials, andsupplies necessary to the bidding and performance of Contract 29 and thepayments made by the United States under Contract 29 moved in interstateand foreign commerce. The business activities of ABB MEA andco-conspirators in connection with the bidding and performance of Contract29 were within the flow of, and substantially affected, interstate and foreigntrade and commerce.(d)Substantial activities in furtherance of the conspiracy occurredwithin the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama.POSSIBLE MAXIMUM SENTENCE5. ABB MEA understands that the maximum penalty that may beimposed against it upon conviction for a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act is afine in an amount equal to the largest of:4