An agent, at his principal's direction, fixes prices with the principal's competitors.The result is:
A) both the principal and agent are criminally liable.
B) only the principal is criminally liable.
C) any liability would be civil only.
D) only the agent is criminally liable.

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Both the principal and the agent are criminally liable because the agent acted under the principal's direction, making both parties complicit in the illegal activity of price fixing.

An Agent, at His Principal's Direction, Fixes Prices with the Principal's