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Get ready for even more FCPA enforcement against individuals. The DOJ’s Mark Mendelsohn was quoted this week by Reuters as saying:
“If you look at who we’re prosecuting, we’re prosecuting mid-level to senior level corporate officers and employees, CEOs, CFOs, heads of international sales.… Continue Reading
Photo by MJCdetroitWhat stands out about Innospec’s FCPA guilty plea yesterday is the hands-on role former top managers had in the criminal activity. For nearly a decade they used bribery as just another sales tool, a manipulative and cynical revenue spinner, and did what they could to cover it up.… Continue Reading
Specialty chemical maker Innospec Inc. resolved more than a dozen criminal charges in the U.S. and U.K. today, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and U.N. oil for food program offenses, and violations of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Last week we heard from Washington, D.C. lawyer and former aid worker Stephanie Connor. She disagreed with some comments Andy Spalding, left, has made in this space. Andy’s a lawyer on a year-long Fulbright Research Grant in Mumbai, India.… Continue Reading
The Justice Department said Philadelphia-based export company Nexus Technologies Inc. and three employees pleaded guilty today to bribing Vietnamese officials.
Nexus pleaded guilty to conspiracy, and to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the Travel Act in connection with commercial bribes and money laundering.… Continue Reading
And Albert “Jack” Stanley’s sentencing was rescheduled until May 26, 2010.… Continue Reading
A category in our post Where The Money Is listed big-dollar FCPA enforcement actions in the pipeline. One was French company Technip, which had just disclosed a €245 million ($330 million) provision for its role in the TSKJ Nigeria joint venture.… Continue Reading
A former Haitian phone company official at the center of a major Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution pleaded guilty Friday to a money-laundering conspiracy.
The Justice Department said Robert Antoine, 62, of Miami and Haiti, the director of international affairs for state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti from May 2001 to April 2003, accepted bribes from three U.S.… Continue Reading
VOiP provider Veraz Networks said in an earnings release Thursday that it has reached agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. It said it would pay a civil penalty of $300,000 and agree to entry of an injunction “prohibiting violations of the non-fraud provisions” of the FCPA.… Continue Reading
A reader called our attention to an extraordinary statement made in February by Richard Alderman, left, director of the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office. His subject was how Britain’s new bribery bill will work.… Continue Reading
We like hearing from readers. Here’s a note from Washington, D.C. lawyer Stephanie Connor, left:
… Continue ReadingDear FCPA Blog,
I’m grateful for the insights this blog, and its many contributors, have provided throughout the years.
As reported Friday, one of the 22 shot-show defendants, Daniel Alvirez, is expected to plead guilty soon to charges of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The government’s two-count superseding information alleged that he plotted to bribe defense officials in Africa and the Republic of Georgia.… Continue Reading
