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Luo Fei (photo), a singer in China’s railway arts group and mistress of former senior railway official Zhang Shuguang, has been sentenced to five years in prison for taking bribes together with her lover.… Continue Reading
In a criminal fraud and False Claims Act settlement Monday with total penalties amounting to $389 million, a whistleblower collected $16 million from the $101 million paid to settle the FCA portion of the case.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of the KPKRegular readers of the FCPA Blog know we’re a big fan of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
In 2013, the agency won the Ramon Magsaysay Award — known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.… Continue Reading
The University of Richmond’s Journal of Global Law & Business is proud to announce its annual Corruption Issue. In this series of posts, each co-authored by a UR law student and Professor Andy Spalding, we’ll introduce this year’s articles and invite submissions for next year’s issue.… Continue Reading
Richard Ammer Chichakli, an associate of convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison.
Chichakli, pictured, is a dual U.S. and Syrian citizen.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday sanctioned eight firms and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned seven others for violating auditor independence rules when they prepared the financial statements of brokerage firms that were their audit clients.… Continue Reading
The University of Richmond’s Journal of Global Law & Business is proud to announce its annual Corruption Issue. In this series of posts, each co-authored by a UR law student and Professor Andy Spalding, we’ll introduce this year’s articles and invite submissions for next year’s issue.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Officer – Anti-Bribery & Corruption Officer – AVP/VP
Employer: Deutsche Bank
Location: New York, NY
Description
Support ABC matters within the AMERICAS region, working with the Regional Head of ABC, AMERICAS, AML and Financial Crime and Compliance staff to implement and update ABC processes and ensure, as appropriate, consistency in policies, procedures and controls; Support the undertaking of risk assessments specific to ABC risks across the AMERICAS region .… Continue Reading
French president François HollandeFrance has agreed to help China with the Operation Fox Hunt campaign to track down corruption fugitives who have fled to the country, Reuters reported, citing a French Justice Ministry official.… Continue Reading
A former top executive of Bechtel Corporation pleaded guilty Thursday for taking $5.2 million in kickbacks to rig bids for state-run power contracts in Egypt.
Asem Elgawhary, 73, of Potomac, Maryland, entered his plea in federal court in Maryland to mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction and interference with the administration of the tax laws. … Continue Reading
President Jimmy Carter addresses Congress in 1977Joseph Sigelman, the former co-CEO of PetroTiger Ltd., is the latest defendant to argue that employees of state-owned enterprises aren’t “foreign officials” under the FCPA.… Continue Reading
Yan Xiuyun, former head of oncology department at Fangshan District Liangxiang Hospital in Beijing, received kickbacks of $119,388 offered by a sales agent from Shanxi Zhendong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, in return to prescribe the company’s drugs.… Continue Reading
