SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung, the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, pleaded guilty to a charge it participated in a worldwide price-fixing conspiracy that damaged competition and raised personal computer prices.
After accepting the plea and a previously arranged deal with prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on Wednesday ordered Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., to pay $300 million (euro255 million) - the second-largest fine in a criminal antitrust case.
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