'Project Mastermind': Colgate colluded with rivals and Woolworths to rip you off

By Esther Han
Updated April 29 2016 - 10:33pm, first published 11:22am
Omo laundry powder is one of the brands alleged to have been involved as part of the cartel.
 Photo: Sonia Byrnes
Omo laundry powder is one of the brands alleged to have been involved as part of the cartel. Photo: Sonia Byrnes
Woolworths is alleged to have taken part in the laundry detergent cartel. Photo: Glenn Hunt
Woolworths is alleged to have taken part in the laundry detergent cartel. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Household name Colgate has been found guilty of conspiring with two rivals and supermarket giant Woolworths to manipulate the laundry detergent market and rip off customers, in what its executives called "project mastermind".

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