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The former general manager of a Miami-based firm was sentenced this week to time served for his part in a plot to bribe officials at Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company.
Amadeus Richers, 66, a German citizen living in Brazil, was also placed on supervised released for three years and ordered to pay $100.… Continue Reading
The former general manager of a Miami-based firm pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by conspiring to pay $3 million in bribes to win a contract from Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company.… Continue Reading
The DOJ announced that Daniel Kahn became Chief of the FCPA Unit, effective June 1.
Kahn had been acting chief of the FCPA Unit since March, when his then boss, Patrick Stokes, became Senior Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section.… Continue Reading
Sam Rubenfeld of the Wall Street Journal reported that Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez, who were convicted for FCPA-related offenses in a scheme to bribe officials at Haiti’s state-owned telecom company, plan to file a petition this week for a writ of certiorari with the U.S.… Continue Reading
A federal appeals court Friday affirmed the DOJ’s expansive view of a “foreign official” under the FCPA, upholding Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez’s convictions, and keeping intact the longest prison sentence ever imposed in an FCPA case.… Continue Reading