A Chicago grand jury indicted the president and vice president of an Illinois refuse disposal container repair company for engaging in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud the city of Chicago on a contract for the repair of refuse carts. Douglas E. Ritter and Steven Fenzl were charged in a four-count indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The charges announced today resulted from an ongoing investigation of the refuse cart repair industry being conducted by the Department’s Antitrust Division and the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General.
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