Here is a case that is close to home when it comes to criminal activity and prices.  Our hometown airline, Northwest, was implicated along with many other airlines in a price fixing scheme.  Over $1.6 billion in fines have been collected so NWA is far from being the biggest fish in this pond.

Delta Air Lines will pay $38 million to settle criminal accusations that the cargo unit of Northwest Airlines fixed prices.

The Justice Department announced the guilty plea by Northwest Airlines LLC on Friday. A felony charge filed in federal court in Washington says Northwest met with other airlines from 2004 to 2006 to fix cargo prices between the U.S. and Japan.

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