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JAMES BECHAND, :
Filed: 2/27/04
Defendant. :
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COUNT ONE
(Conspiracy)
charges:
Background
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represented by JAMES BECHAND, the defendant, to perform printing
business BECHAND was able to obtain from SSB for the printing
kickbacks to CC-1.
regardless of whether BECHAND had set his prices above the level
that would have resulted from open and honest price competition.
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6. In addition, SSB paid higher prices for commercial
Statutory Allegations
JAMES BECHAND, the defendant, CC-1, and others known and unknown,
1346.
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Objects of the Conspiracy
JAMES BECHAND, the defendant, CC-1, and others known and unknown,
Section 1952(a)(3)(A).
scheme and artifice and attempting so to do, would and did place
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in post offices and authorized depositories for mail matter,
receive therefrom such matters and things, and would and did
Overt Acts
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BECHAND, the defendant, a monthly invoice for CC-1’s home
kickback.
COUNT TWO
further charges:
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Description of the Offense
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(“cover bids”) to SSB to make it appear that there had been
not;
and
New York or from suppliers in the State of New York who purchased
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services were within the flow of, and substantially affected,
New York within the five years preceding the filing of this
Information.
/s/__________________________ /s/_________________________
R. HEWITT PATE DAVID N. KELLEY
Assistant Attorney General United States Attorney
Antitrust Division Southern District of New York
/s/_________________________
RALPH T. GIORDANO
Chief, New York Office
Antitrust Division