Delmar Church of Chicago Pleads Guilty in Bid Rigging Conspiracy

Chicago, IL, November 23, 2020-The Department of Justice announced that Delmar E. Church Jr., the president and one of the principal owners of a Chicago-area commercial flooring company, pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and fix prices for commercial flooring services and products sold in the United States, according to Imperial Valley News. 

“The defendant is cooperating with the department’s ongoing investigation.

“According to the plea agreement filed in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, Illinois, from at least as early as 2009 until at least June 22, 2017, Church engaged in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition in the commercial flooring market by agreeing with other individuals and companies to submit complementary bids so the designated company would win the bid.  Church’s plea is the sixth plea in the investigation.

 “The guilty plea is the result of an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into bid rigging, price fixing, and other anticompetitive conduct in the commercial flooring industry being conducted by the Antitrust Division’s Chicago Office and the FBI’s Chicago Field Office.”