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Well i Just read a article about this and was like damn no wonder we suffer with shock prices for some vehicles as well most of us buy KYB LOL anyway back to the story of what i read. So KYB has pleaded guilty to fixing prices of shock absorbers in the Americas and will have to pay 62mil in fines lol. The DOJ had said that "KYB and two co-conspirators agreed on the allocation of shock absorbers in the US market and agreed on how they would update their prices to car and motorcycle manufacturers. The goal was keeping prices up and in control and they were successful as the DOJ reports". Companies which were directly targeted were Honda, Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, Kawasaki and Suzuki. Apparently KYB had been up to this from the mid 1990s-2012.
Here the report if you wanna read it : KYB Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $62 Million Criminal Fine for Fixing Price of Shock Absorbers | OPA | Department of Justice
Here the report if you wanna read it : KYB Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $62 Million Criminal Fine for Fixing Price of Shock Absorbers | OPA | Department of Justice