Brendan Smith sentenced for carpet cartel bid-rigging

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Brendan Smith received a three-month suspended sentence at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 31 May 2017, after convictions for bid-rigging and impeding a criminal prosecution.

Smith was also fined €7,500 and disqualified from acting as a company director for five years. The price-fixing agreement involved Aston Carpets and a competitor, with collusion found in 16 contracts between 2011 and 2013.