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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A former executive for a California-based tomato processor agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to drive up food prices nationwide, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Alan Scott Huey, who served as a senior vice president at SK Foods between 2004 and 2008, is accused of taking part in a scheme to bribe purchasing agents from major food companies to buy tomato products from the Monterey company rather than its competitors.
The products were then allegedly sold at inflated prices. Some of the food companies included Kraft Foods Inc., Frito-Lay Inc. and B&G Foods Inc.
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