3 Japanese Execs headed to Club Fed

[Samurai_Jerk]

Three Automotive Execs To Serve Jail Time In Federal Prison

Three auto executives will do time in federal prisons after pleading guilty to a price-fixing conspiracy, and two more have been indicted in the U.S. investigation, the government said Thursday.

The Justice Department said Yasuhiko Ueno, Saburo Imamiya and Yoshinobu Fujino, all executives of Tokyo-based Takata Corp., agreed to plead guilty to charges of participating in a conspiracy to rig prices for seatbelts sold to Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Fuji Heavy Industries Inc. (Subaru) and Mazda Motor Corp. in the U.S. and elsewhere.

The three have agreed to serve prison sentences ranging from 14 to 19 months, the government said.

The indictment filed in Toledo charged Masao Hayashi and Kenya Nonoyama, both Japanese nationals, with participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of anti-vibration rubber parts sold to Toyota for installation in automobiles manufactured and sold in the U.S.

Their company was identified in the indictment only as Company A, based in Osaka, Japan.

[matsuki]

Their race harnesses aren't too cheap either...

http://www.takataracingproducts.com/

[Coligny]

I love this design, haven't seen it yet on ebay...

(for my deskpit... my budget is at the 60usd mark...)

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[matsuki]

I always preferred more color options than green so...

[legion]

do these come with leads to stop you running away in supermarkets?

[J.A.F.O]

Toledo? Wonder why they filed there instead of Michigan.

[matsuki]

do these come with leads to stop you running away in supermarkets?

Having been in a multi-car accident with one of those on, I'm not really concerned what they look like. (though I do think they look awesome in the right car....if installed properly)

[Coligny]

I always preferred more color options than green so...

I was told the black ones are 200% safer in case of crash during the full moon...