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Price-fixing whistleblower gets two-year sentence over falsified evidence

By Leah Nylen ( October 27, 2011, 22:21 GMT | Comment) -- A whistleblower who provided evidence of price-fixing in the automotive oil filter market was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting he fabricated key documents, leaving the civil follow-on litigation in limbo as the parties fight over whether any of his evidence is admissible.Washington – A whistleblower who provided evidence of price-fixing in the automotive oil filter market was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting he fabricated key documents, leaving the civil follow-on litigation in limbo as the parties fight over whether any of his evidence is admissible....

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