Justice Department price-fixing probe rattles auto industry worldwide

An investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging in the auto parts industry has mushroomed into the Justice Department's largest criminal antitrust probe ever, and it's not over yet.
The investigation, made public four years ago with FBI raids in the Detroit area, has led to criminal charges against dozens of people and companies, stretched across continents and reverberated through an industry responsible for supplying critical car components.

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Why can local/state government basically fix the price that we all pay for services in NYS yet the federal government has an issue when the private sector does so?