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Dallas Airmotive Inc., an aircraft engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul firm based in Grapevine, Texas, admitted Wednesday that it bribed Latin American officials to win government contracts.
The company will pay a $14 million criminal penalty to resolve the FCPA offenses.… Continue Reading
Marshall L. Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal DivisionIt’s not often anyone from the DOJ’s criminal division talks informally and on the record about FCPA enforcement actions.… Continue Reading
The former chief executive of Lufthansa’s BizJet subsidiary pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to bribe government officials in Mexico and Panama.
Bernd Kowalewski, 57, appeared in federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the FCPA-related charge.… Continue Reading
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The recent arrest of Peter Humphrey in China should be thought provoking to corporate compliance departments everywhere.… Continue Reading
Four former executives of BizJet International Sales and Support Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG, were charged in a criminal indictment unsealed Friday for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to government officials in Latin America.… Continue Reading
Twelve companies settled FCPA enforcement actions in 2012 by paying a total of $259.4 million.
Five were pharmas or medical device makers — Biomet, Eli Lilly, Orthofix, Pfizer, and Smith & Nephew.… Continue Reading
Privately held aircraft maintenance company Nordam Group Inc. will pay $2 million and enter into a three-year non-prosecution agreement with the DOJ to resolve FCPA violations.
The Tulsa, Oklahoma company and affiliates bribed ’employees of airlines created, controlled and exclusively owned by the People’s Republic of China in order to secure contracts’ from those airlines, the DOJ said Tuesday.… Continue Reading
When BizJet paid $11.8 million this week to settle an FCPA conspiracy count, it received a huge discount from the DOJ.
According to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, BizJet’s base fine calculation was $28.5… Continue Reading
BizJet International Sales and Support Inc. agreed to pay an $11.8 million criminal fine and enter into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ to resolve FCPA offenses in Latin America.… Continue Reading