Harry Cassin
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Bill Waite
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Instead of setting a new sentencing date every few months for Fernando Basurto, who’s expected to be a star witness against John O’Shea, formerly of ABB, Judge Lynn Hughes has taken a more practical approach.
The DOJ on Thursday said California-based Lindsey Manufacturing Company and two its executives were indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to bribe officials at Mexico’s state-owned utility, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
The government’s primary witness against former ABB manager John O’Shea won’t serve any more jail time for conspiracy to violate the FCPA.
ABB joins the list of top ten FCPA settlements of all time, and Titan Corporation drops to number eleven. Here’s the latest list, with a few candidates that may join soon.
Jury selection in John O’Shea’s trial is scheduled to start on January 11.
n another serious blow to the DOJ’s FCPA unit, former ABB manager John O’Shea was acquitted yesterday of bribing officials at Mexico’s state-owned electric utility and covering up the payments.
A January 19, 2008 report in the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche (here) says unnamed members of Siemens’ supervisory board (equivalent to U.S. directors) think the company may be fined as much as €4 billion by United States regulators for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The magazine reports that the supervisors are basing […]
Our quarterly enforcement report, with all the FCPA-related indictments, settlements, pleas, and extradition news from the prior three months.
A Los Angeles grand jury yesterday indicted a Mexican husband and wife for their alleged roles in bribery and money laundering involving Mexican government officials at the state-owned electric utilitiy, Comisión Federal de Electridad, or CFE. Enrique Faustino Aguilar Noriega, 56, of Cuernavaca, Mexico, was charged in a seven-count indictment with conspiracy to violate the […]
As part of its online make-over, the Justice Department has now indexed FCPA enforcement actions from mid-2004 onward. They’re listed alphabetically and can all be found on a public page called FCPA and Related Enforcement Actions. A click, for example, on United States v. BAE Systems, plc reveals the court docket number (10-CR-035-JDB) original filing […]
