A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois returned a one-rely indictment charging Michael Zmijewski for his position in a cash laundering conspiracy involving kickbacks. Zmijewski is a former President of Mr. David’s Flooring International LLC (Mr. David’s), a Chicago-based mostly business flooring contractor. Zmijewski is the sixth personal, alongside with three providers, that have been charged as outcome of the ongoing federal antitrust investigation.
In accordance to the indictment, Zmijewski engaged in a income laundering conspiracy to conceal kickback payments he approved Mr. David’s to spend to Carter Brett, an account executive for a huge flooring producer, in trade for minimal pricing. In accordance to the demand, Zmijewski authorized checks from Mr. David’s to a shell corporation recognized by Brett for the sole goal of obtaining the illegal kickback payments. According to the demand, Zmijewski and his co-conspirators carried out the conspiracy from at minimum as early as 2013 until eventually as late as June 13, 2018.
“The Antitrust Division, together with our regulation enforcement associates, will vigorously prosecute these who split the legislation to undermine opposition, together with those people who conspire to launder illicit proceeds of crimes,” explained Performing Assistant Lawyer Common Richard A. Powers of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
“Kickbacks have no location in the American market,” said Exclusive Agent in Cost Emmerson Buie Jr. of the FBI’s Chicago Subject Business. “This indictment serves as a warning to any person on the lookout to revenue illegally at the expense of individuals.”
The utmost penalty for conspiracy to dedicate income laundering is 20 decades of imprisonment and a fantastic of $500,000. The high-quality might be elevated to 2 times the worth of the residence involved in the transaction, if that sum is higher than the statutory highest good.
An indictment basically alleges that crimes have been fully commited, and all defendants are presumed harmless right up until established responsible beyond a realistic doubt.
The charges are the final result of an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into bid rigging, cost correcting, and other anticompetitive carry out in the industrial flooring marketplace, conducted by the Antitrust Division’s Chicago Business and the FBI’s Chicago Subject Division.
Everyone with details in link with this investigation should contact the Antitrust Division’s Complaint Centre at 888-647-3258, or stop by http://www.justice.gov/atr/report-violations.