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Harry Cassin
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The DOJ said
today that Jorge Granados, the former CEO of Miami-based Latin Node Inc. (LatiNode), pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay bribes to government officials in Honduras.
Four former senior executives of LatiNode have now pleaded guilty in the case.… Continue Reading
What do we think of the recent ‘foreign official’ rulings in the Carson and Lindsey cases?
In 2009, in a post called We Get It, we said lawyers are trained to quibble and criminal defense lawyers do it best.… Continue Reading
Judge James V. Selna yesterday denied the Carson defendants motion to dismiss ten FCPA-related counts in the indictment against them based on the definition of “foreign official” in the FCPA.
Stuart Carson, his wife Hong “Rose” Carson, Paul Cosgrove, and David Edmonds — all former executives of California-based Control Components Inc.… Continue Reading