A judge has condemned one of the several accused people in a Michigan price fixation scheme in prison.
Timothy Baugher, former President of Pontiac, asphalt specialists (ASI), based on me, declared himself guilty of conspirating to violate the anti -timonopoly federal law by colluding with F. Allied Construction Co. In the road, large parking and private road projects. A judge sentenced him to six months in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $ 20,000.
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against the contract in September in a federal court of Detroit. The Department of Justice accused Baugher of orchestrating a conspiracy from July 2017 to May 2021, which, together with “co-conspirators, coordinated the prices of the offer of the other so that the company lost according to agreement Deliberately expensive to ensure that the “winning” company reached the agreement.
“The offers gave customers the false impression of the competition when, in fact, the co-conspirators had already decided among them who would win the contracts” accusation of federal prosecutors.
In designating a winner and sharing price information, co-conspirators won $ 17.3 million in sales and declared 46 victims, according to prosecutors.
According to the Department of Justice, four other people have declared guilty of their roles in the regime and are waiting for the sentence. The former owners and heads of Baugher, the brothers Bruce Israel and Daniel Israel, could be sentenced as soon as May or June. Two employees of a third contractor of asphalt paving were also found guilty of their roles in the regime.
The department is likely to request prison sentences, as the previous cases, with the period depending on the amount of cooperation provided to the prosecutors and the amounts of dollars of the benefits won illegally.
Baugher resigned his rights to a jury trial and certain appeals and agreed to cooperate with federal investigations. His The supplication agreement describes his role and a career arc that began Asi in sales and promoted to the President and the owner. In 2019 he took 4% of the actions they do not vote.
Asi got $ 3.8 million from allied projects and $ 13.5 million from other illegal price fixation conspiracies, for $ 17.3 million.
In April 2025, none of the 46 victimized organizations seems to have filed civil demands that seek to recover overloads. The federal law against confidence allows victims four years since the date they were discovered or should have discovered the reduction of offers to file an antitrust civil lawsuit.
Due to the significant role of Baugher in the alleged crimes, prosecutors incorporated in their supplication agreement, a rank of 10 to 16 months in prison and a fine of $ 173,509 to $ 867,548.
However, Judge Gershwin Drain’s ruling note recommended a six -month prison period, a $ 20,000 fine and a special $ 100 assessment, and reflected a substantial reduction due to Baugher’s cooperation.
Other individuals involved in reducing the offers have also stated guilty. Asi, as a company, will declare itself guilty of two counts and fined $ 6.5 million. In a separate scheme but concurrent with Allied, another company involved, asphalt from Al received a fine of $ 795,661.81. The Justice Dept. He has recommended a fine of $ 733,000 for Allied.
