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
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.
Two former oil executives receive multi-year prison terms for FCPA violations
Two former executives of SBM Offshore, N.V. were sent to prison Friday for their role in bribing officials at state-owned oil and gas companies in three countries.
Saudi Arabia removes statute of limitations for corruption investigations
Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanSaudi Arabia changed its law this week to remove the statute of limitations for anti-corruption investigations into current and former ministers of the world’s largest petroleum exporter.
Overseas whistleblower awarded $4 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded an overseas whistleblower $4 million for “extensive assistance” resulting in a successful action, the agency said Monday.