October 04, 2013
Frito-Lay Inc. asked a California federal court on Thursday to award it $3.3 million it had lost to legal fees, inflated prices and unused merchandise during a commercial bribery and fraud scheme led by Frederick Scott Salyer, the former CEO of SK Foods.
April 04, 2013
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected a former SK Foods LP CEO's request that his imprisonment be delayed so he can attend court proceedings surrounding the restitution he may have to pay in connection with his price-fixing and racketeering scheme.
March 29, 2013
The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a request for restitution from a company that claims it fell victim to a former SK Foods LP CEO's criminal price-fixing and racketeering scheme, saying the lower court had improperly denied the bid for restitution.
March 15, 2013
SK Foods LP's former CEO was not asked to pay restitution Friday over his alleged price-fixing scheme, when a California federal judge did not enter penalties against him but said he would allow the parties to pursue state remedies.
March 11, 2013
The U.S. government urged a California federal court Sunday to order a restitution hearing for SK Foods LP's former CEO who was convicted of price fixing, saying victims should be able to make their case for a piece of up to $52 million in potential funds.
February 12, 2013
The former CEO of SK Foods LP was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday, after previously copping to racketeering and price-fixing charges stemming from allegations that he told employees to bribe purchasing agents at Frito-Lay Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and other companies into doing business with the tomato processing company.
March 23, 2012
SK Foods' former CEO pled guilty Friday to charges of racketeering and price-fixing following allegations that he told employees to bribe purchasing agents at Frito-Lay Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and others into doing business with SK Foods.
February 16, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday largely sunk the former CEO of SK Foods' bid to suppress recordings of phone calls with his lawyer girlfriend in a criminal case about price-fixing in the tomato industry, finding that most aren't protected by attorney-client privilege.
January 12, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied the former CEO of SK Foods' request to suppress evidence from a government wiretap in a criminal case about price-fixing in the tomato industry, saying the information from the taps couldn't have been obtained in a less intrusive way.
December 13, 2011
A California federal judge on Monday severed antitrust counts against the former CEO of SK Foods LP from an indictment charging him with bribing purchasing agents of several companies, including Frito-Lay Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and Safeway Inc., to buy the company's products.