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[…] Inc., a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc., were charged in connection with a conspiracy to bribe government officials in Nigeria and Ecuador. Former consultant Paul G. Novak, 41, was arrested on arrival at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. He was returned to the United States from Constantia, South Africa after his U.S. […]
[…] November 12 to paying $6 million in bribes to officials who worked in the Nigerian government, in government-owned companies, and in a political party there. Paul G. Novak, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and one substantive count of violating […]
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[…] was sentenced Friday for his role in a scheme to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government and political party officials in Nigeria. Paul G. Novak, 46, was ordered to serve 15 months in prison. He appeared in federal court in Texas. Novak was also ordered to pay a $1 million fine […]
[…] diploma mill syndicate who bribed foreign officials to obtain accreditation of phony schools escaped prison in return for his cooperation with prosecutors. According to reports, Richard John Novak, 58, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to one count of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and another count of conspiring to violate the FCPA and […]
[…] month because due process wasn’t followed. Tillery, 51, was the managing director of Willbros in Nigeria. He was indicted in 2008 along with Willbros’ consultant Paul G. Novak. They were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA, two counts of violating the FCPA in connection with the authorization of specific corrupt […]
[…] or conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Since October, Frederic Bourke and William Jefferson have been sentenced and come off the list. Charles Jumet, Paul Novak, and Fernando Maya Basurto have entered guilty pleas are are added to it. Juan Diaz was to be sentenced on November 13 but the court reset […]
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[…] Houston to a year and a day in prison and fined $17,500. Jason Edward Steph was sentenced to 15 months and fined $2,000. A Willbros’ consultant, Paul Novak, pleaded guilty in November 2009 to paying $6 million in bribes to officials from the Nigerian government, government-owned companies, and a political party there. He’s been […]
[…] Group Inc. and its international subsidiary paid a $22 million criminal penalty to the DOJ for bribes to government officials in Nigeria and Ecuador. In 2009, Paul Novak, a former Willbros consultant, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and one substantive FCPA count for corrupt payments to Nigerian government […]