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Criminal

Dec. 12, 2017

Caterpillar subsidiary pleads guilty to charging for unnecessary repairs

A subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. that systematically overbilled railcar operators and polluted the Long Beach Harbor pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor last week.

A subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. that systematically overbilled railcar operators and polluted the Long Beach Harbor has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor.

United Industries LLC, a subsidiary of Caterpillar’s Progress Rail Services Inc., agreed to plead guilty last Thursday to violating a provision in the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.

U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee sentenced United to pa...

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