On March 3, 2020, the American Bar Association (ABA) hosted a
Q&A with two members of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force
(PCSF)—Mark Grundvig, the Assistant Chief of the DOJ
Antitrust Division's Criminal II section, and Markus Mills,
Special Agent, Major Fraud Investigations Division, USPS Office of
Inspector General.
During the course of the Q&A, Mr. Grundvig and Mr. Mills
provided their perspective on the goals and progress of the
PCSF.
WHAT HAPPENED:
- The PCSF representatives explained
that the PCSF is heavily focused on improving detection of per
se antitrust violations such as
bid-rigging,
price-fixing and market-allocation.
- To improve detection, the PCSF is:
- Training agents on per se
antitrust violations and other anticompetitive conduct to improve
agents' ability to spot antitrust violations;
