News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
To celebrate Halloween, let’s play trick or treat. Or in this case, hooey or truth.
First up is a clip from Syriana, the only Hollywood movie ever made about the FCPA.… Continue Reading
What are the odds the next Congress will amend the FCPA?
Not bad, we think.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pushing for it, and Andrew Weissmann, formerly from the DOJ’s Enron Task Force and now in private practice, is helping out.… Continue Reading
Which comes first: chaos or corruption?
Like the chicken and egg, the question can be debated but not answered. Corruption is both a symptom of disorder and a cause of it.… Continue Reading
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Tuesday that an insurance broker who copped a plea was sentenced to 21 months in prison for bribing Costa Rican officials to win business there.… Continue Reading
War is not only hell, it’s corrupt too.
Of the bottom ten countries on Transparency International’s 2010 Corruption Perception Index, six have active wars, insurrections, or major civil disturbances.
Included are Burundi, Chad, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and bottom-dweller Somalia.… Continue Reading
Tidewater Inc. on Monday pre-announced a $4.35 million after-tax charge for general and administrative expenses “related to an agreement in principle with the United States Department of Justice to resolve the previously disclosed Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.”… Continue Reading
We’ve never written a check for the full price of a new Ferrari F430 Spider. We know: it’s sad.
But Angela Aguilar and her husband allegedly did. Then, the government says, they gave the car to an official from CFE, the Mexican state-owned electric utility.… Continue Reading
A new site called lawgents.com makes it a lot easier to track and read law-related blogs.
Lawgents calls itself a legal news aggregator. It keeps a list of law blogs — around 70, so far — and you can subscribe to any of them through the site.… Continue Reading
Frerik Pluimers, the only FCPA fugitive with his own wanted poster.About a year ago, we compiled our original list of fugitives — people facing FCPA-related criminal charges but still at large.… Continue Reading
Bobby Jay Elkin Jr., a former country manager in Kyrgyzstan for tobacco company Dimon Inc, now called Alliance One International, was sentenced yesterday to just three years probation and a $5,000 fine.… Continue Reading
The DOJ on Thursday said California-based Lindsey Manufacturing Company and two of its executives were indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to bribe officials at Mexico’s state-owned utility, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).… Continue Reading
Canada has the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). It has signed three international anti-corruption treaties — the OECD Convention, the OAS Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, and the U.N. Convention Against Corruption.… Continue Reading