JURY CONVICTS EROSION CONTROL COMPANY, EXECUTIVE, AND EMPLOYEE FOR ROLES IN $100M PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued the following news release:

A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted Sioux Erosion Control Inc. (Sioux), its part-owner and vice president, and another employee for participating in a five-year price-fixing conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publicly funded transportation construction contracts across Oklahoma.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Sioux, its part-owner and Vice President BG Dale Biscoe, and its employee Randall David Shelton conspired with their competitors in the erosion control industry to raise and maintain prices for products and services between September 2017 and April 2023. Erosion control products and...