Florida Seafood Exec Pleads Guilty in $8 Million Stone Crab and Spiny Lobster Price-Fixing Scheme

A Miami seafood executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with competitors to fix prices paid to Florida fishermen for stone crab claws and spiny lobster, admitting his role in a years-long scheme that affected approximately $8 million in seafood purchases.
The DOJ said that between 2023 and 2025, Dopico conspired with competing companies and their employees to “suppress and eliminate” competition by fixing prices paid to fishermen. The DOJ said the conspiracy “deprived fishermen in Florida of the benefits...
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