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U.S. Department of Justice Seal and Letterhead
 

July 12, 1993


SUMMARY OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
FOR TUESDAY JULY 6, 1993 THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1993


7/6/93 U.S. v. Godfrey Allen Payne d/b/a Allen Payne Surplus
Criminal No.: 93-20059-01 (D. Kan.)

The seal was lifted on a one-count indictment which was filed on June 22, 1993 in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, charging Godfrey Allen Payne d/b/a Allen Payne Surplus with participating in a conspiracy between May 1988 and August 1990 to rig bids, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, involving auctions of government surplus conducted by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office and the General Services Administration ("GSA") in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The investigation is being conducted by the Chicago Field Office of the Antitrust Division with the assistance of the Army Criminal Investigative Division; the Defense Criminal Investigative Service; GSA, Office of the Inspector General in Kansas City, Missouri; and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas.

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