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Singapore-based copywriter Jeremy Tarrier is working on a manuscript called The Rise and Fall of an American in China, inspired by the experiences of former Morgan Stanley managing director Garth Peterson.… Continue Reading
Ningxia Autonomous Region Forestry Bureau director Wang Delin was sacked and expelled from the Party for corruption. A short notice from the Ningxia Commission for Discipline Inspection said Wang was also found to have fabricated evidence to accuse some colleagues of disciplinary violations.… Continue Reading
‘If you’re from a tech company, now isn’t the time to bribe your way into a deal,’ says Steve LeVine of Quartz.Steve LeVine of Quartz sorted our corporate investigations list by industry.… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Barbara S. Jones on Friday ordered Morris Weissman to pay $64,390,632 in restitution to victims of his 1998 fraud.
Weissman was indicted in 2001 and convicted by a jury in 2003 of two counts of accounting fraud and two counts of FCPA books and records offenses.… Continue Reading
Garth Peterson’s release date from federal prison is July 2013 (photo courtesy of CNBC)Jeremy Tarrier is Garth Peterson’s Boswell.
Peterson was the head of real-estate investments for Morgan Stanley in China.… Continue Reading
When lawyer Sergei Magnitsky collided with Russia’s state-sponsored corruption, he did something truly extraordinary. He stood his ground.
That choice cost him his life.
A film about Magnitsky, Justice for Sergei, features readings from his prison diary and recollections by family members, colleagues, and friends.… Continue Reading
On his great Conflict of Interest Blog, Jeff Kaplan posted the ten biggest U.S. corporate criminal fines of all time.
They add up to more than $6.75 billion.
What’s striking, Jeff says, ‘is that fully half of the ten largest federal corporate criminal fines in history were imposed or agreed to in 2012.’… Continue Reading
The director of the Yang’an Town Medical Center in Shandong Leling City was recently sentenced to 11 years in prison for corruption involving $35,900. Zhou Jinhong allegedly accepted kickbacks tied to equipment purchases and illicit gifts during festive seasons, misappropriated departmental funding, and over-claimed on personal reimbursement.… Continue Reading
Bernie Ecclestone at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix (photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone said this week a bribery case brewing in Germany could end his nearly 40-year reign over the world’s premier motor sport.… Continue Reading
China’s top judicial authorities released a new interpretation last week on how certain bribery crimes are to be enforced.
On December 26, 2012, China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court, and its top prosecutorial body, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, issued the “Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of the Law in the Handling of Criminal Bribery Cases” (“the Interpretation”).… Continue Reading
From Hewlett-Packard Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2012, here is the company’s full FCPA disclosure:
… Continue ReadingThe German Public Prosecutor’s Office (“German PPO”) has been conducting an investigation into allegations that current and former employees of HP engaged in bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion relating to a transaction between Hewlett-Packard ISE GmbH in Germany, a former subsidiary of HP, and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation.
Twelve companies settled FCPA enforcement actions in 2012 by paying a total of $259.4 million.… Continue Reading
