A Las Vegas home health executive is accused of conspiring to fix wages of nurses, according to a Department of Justice release.
Eduardo Lopez and his co-conspirators are charged with participating in a series of meetings and communications to fix wages of nurses from March 2016 to May 2019, according to the DOJ release.
“Wage fixing is a crime that deprives workers of hard-earned wages,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. “The Antitrust Division will be vigilant in protecting workers.”
A violation of the Sherman Act carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals and a maximum penalty of a $100 million fine for corporations. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by victims if either amount is greater than the statutory maximum.
An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the DOJ noted.