When meeting to fix prices on auto parts, Mr. X, a Japanese supplier executive, and his fellow conspirators chose out-of-the-way spots, such as a Big Boy restaurant in a neighboring state. "It had to be a restaurant where other carmaker people never come," said Mr. X, who asked not to be named. "Because if they found out I was meeting with the other sales guy, they would know what we are doing."
It didn't take long before everyone knew what they were doing.
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