Harry Cassin | Publisher and Editor
Harry Cassin is the publisher and editor of the FCPA Blog.
He is the CEO of Recathlon LLC, the owner of the FCPA Blog and provider of global FCPA and compliance information and data services.
He lived and worked in Asia (Singapore and Hong Kong) and served as a director of a compliance solutions provider.
He holds an IACA Level 1 anti-corruption expert qualification and an undergraduate degree from Valparaiso University in international economics and Chinese.
Recent Posts

Happy kleptocrats? This ultra high-end Swiss watch can only be bought with bitcoin
The Big Bang Meca-10 P2PLuxury Swiss watchmaker Hublot announced a new product this week: a $25,000 watch that can only be bought with bitcoin.

1MDB is a nutty story. Here’s why
The former chairman of Goldman Sachs in Southeast Asia, Tim Leissner, pleaded guilty yesterday to FCPA and money laundering conspiracies in connection with a plot to loot the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

Procurement officer pleads guilty in sprawling Venezuela oil bribe case
A former procurement officer at Venezuela’s state-owned energy company pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in an international kickback scheme.

American charged in Haiti port project bribe scheme
An American businessman was charged Tuesday for his alleged role in a plot to bribe senior government officials in Haiti for access to a proposed $84 million port development project.

Singapore ‘entrepreneur of the year’ lands on FBI most wanted list
A Singaporean commodities trader has been put on the FBI’s most wanted list and sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for allegedly laundering North Korean money through his family’s trading company.

Former Swiss banker in Venezuela money laundering gang jailed ten years
A former executive at Julius Baer was sentenced to ten years in prison Monday for his role in a billion-dollar scheme to launder money embezzled from the Venezuela state oil company.

Spanish defense contractor investigated for Saudi bribes
A special court in Spain is investigating executives at a state-owned defense company that allegedly paid millions in bribes to win weapons contracts with Saudi Arabia spanning two decades.

‘Dead’ Ukrainian found living in $5.3 million French castle
Police in France arrested a Ukrainian citizen who allegedly faked his death as part of an intricate and large-scale corruption scheme.

VOA fires employees over West Africa bribes
The Voice of America said it intends to remove fifteen members of an African language service after an investigation found the individuals had accepted improper payments from a foreign official from West Africa.

Najib’s wife arrested for laundering 1MDB money
Rosmah MansorThe Malaysian anti-corruption agency arrested ex-PM Najib Razak’s wife Wednesday for laundering money looted from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.