The US Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed charges against BP Products North America Inc. (subsidiary of BP plc) and several BP traders, alleging they conspired to raise the price of propane by seeking to corner the propane market in 2004.[200][201][202] In 2006, one former trader pleaded guilty.[201] In 2007, BP paid $303 million in restitution and fines as part of an agreement to defer prosecution.[203] BP was charged with cornering and manipulating the price of TET propane in 2003 and 2004.