Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Thursday announced that Christopher Lischewski, the former CEO for Bumble Bee, will pay $100,000 (€85,692) to the state for his role in a canned tuna price-fixing scheme that artificially inflated the price of tuna from Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist.

The price-fixing conspiracy led to Washington consumers overpaying millions of dollars for packaged tuna, according to Ferguson's office.