Hitachi plead guilty of price fixing of LCD screens

Hitachi agreed to plead guilty in the gigantic scandal that burst open in the United States, where the majority of LCD screen manufacturers were recognized guilty of price fixing of LCD screens in order to preserve their margins.
To put an end to the procedure, Hitachi agreed to pay a fine of 31 million dollars. The losers of this business are, the manufacturers of portables and in the final analysis the consumers who overpaid during years for these screens, the money now goes to the American government.