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The news today that former jailed banker Bradley Birkenfeld will be paid $104 million by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a whistleblower may be the biggest FCPA enforcement event of the year.… Continue Reading
From the FCPA Blog members area, here’s the latest FCPA disclosure from water management company Layne Christensen.
The disclosure appeared in the company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on September 10, 2012:
… Continue ReadingIn connection with the Company updating its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) policy, questions were raised internally in late September 2010 about, among other things, the legality of certain payments by the Company to agents and other third parties interacting with government officials in certain countries in Africa.
The one-time middleman for KBR and its partners stood before Judge Keith P. Ellison in a Houston courtroom in February. Jeffrey Tesler faced up to ten years in prison.
Judge Ellison sentenced him to twenty-one months in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey.… Continue Reading
Photo courtesy of the White HouseBY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
On September 11, 2001, a bright autumn day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history.… Continue Reading
I enjoyed Shruti Shah’s post last week about TI’s progress report on country enforcement in the OECD countries.
Her point about anti-corruption enforcement — that the most active countries should always encourage the laggards to be more active — seems like a critical one to me.… Continue Reading
The DOJ said in a court filing last week that it would be satisfied with home confinement instead of prison for Paul Cosgrove because of his serous health problems.
Cosgrove, 65, the former director of worldwide sales for Control Components Inc.,… Continue Reading
