Bourke v. The Professor
Richard L. Cassin
May 21, 2009
When it’s a bit of a snoozer around here, we know what to do — take a peek at the docket in U.S. v. Kozeny. There’s plenty happening there these days.… Continue Reading
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Posts Tagged: Azerbaijan
The Bourke Files: Lies, Kickbacks And Other Crimes
Richard L. Cassin
May 12, 2009
In its prosecution of Frederic Bourke for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by helping Czech-born fugitive Viktor Kozeny bribe Azeri officials, the government plans to call at least two witnesses who have admitted their guilt in the case.… Continue Reading
The Bourke Files: Poison And Prostitutes
Richard L. Cassin
May 11, 2009
Bloomberg’s David Glovin reported Friday how federal prosecutors are planning to show that Frederic Bourke, who’s accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, thought his partner in their luxury handbag business was secretly trying to inject him with a “harmful substance.”… Continue Reading
Bourke Prepares His Defense
Richard L. Cassin
April 13, 2009
Frederic Bourke is taking video testimony from a critically ill friend that may help prove Bourke was an innocent victim of a massive investment fraud perpetrated by Viktor Kozeny. Bourke, 62, goes on trial June 1 for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.… Continue Reading
Bourke’s Defense Is Revealed, Then Sealed
Richard L. Cassin
March 23, 2009
Bloomberg’s David Glovin filed a story Friday (here) reporting that Frederic Bourke will argue that he didn’t violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act because there were no corrupt payments to foreign officials.… Continue Reading
Following Kozeny’s Money
Richard L. Cassin
February 24, 2009
The Justice Department obtained a federal court order ten days ago against Viktor Kozeny, barring him from touching any of the proceeds from the 2001 sale of his Aspen, Colorado residence (left), amounting now to about $23 million.… Continue Reading
Siemens: Systematic Global Corruption
Richard L. Cassin
December 14, 2008
[Updated and Corrected] It was a corporation that tolerated fraud, deceit and concealment. There were slush funds used to bribe public officials. There were phony contracts and fake invoices to cover up the corruption, and there was a boardroom that knew for years what was happening but feigned ignorance.… Continue Reading
The FCPA, With All The Fixins . . .
Richard L. Cassin
November 26, 2008
U.S. v. Kozeny. Bloomberg’s David Glovin continues his great coverage of Frederic Bourke’s prosecution under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. His latest story says the government’s witnesses will include a former U.S.… Continue Reading
Bourke Raises Vindictive Prosecution
Richard L. Cassin
November 12, 2008
Frederic Bourke wants to know if the U.S. is prosecuting him for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act because he was a whistleblower who interfered in the strategic relationship between the United States and Azerbaijan.… Continue Reading
Limiting The Local Law Defense
Richard L. Cassin
October 29, 2008
The Opinion and Order in U.S. v. Kozeny issued October 21, 2008 mentioned in our post yesterday deals directly with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’s local law affirmative defense. That defense says a bribe paid to a foreign official is permitted if it was “lawful under the written laws and regulations of the foreign official’s” country.… Continue Reading
Kozeny’s Co-Defendant Wins Appeal
Richard L. Cassin
September 1, 2008
Frederic Bourke won’t face Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges after all. He was indicted in May 2005 with Victor Kozeny and David Pinkerton over an alleged plan to bribe officials from Azerbaijan from 1997 to 1999 in connection with the privatization of the state oil company.… Continue Reading
Good News For Mr. Pinkerton
Richard L. Cassin
July 3, 2008
A report yesterday from Dow Jones said the United States has dropped its sputtering prosecution of David B. Pinkerton on charges of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The government had alleged that in June 1998, as the head of AIG Global Investment Corp.,… Continue Reading