Harry Cassin
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Thomas Fox
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Jean Rene Duperval, a Haitian official at the center of the DOJ’s sprawling Haiti Telco prosecution, was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for money laundering.
Duperval, 45, was a director of international relations for state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M.… Continue Reading
Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez — both sentenced to federal prison for FCPA and related offenses — are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to rule that state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M.… Continue Reading
In their appeal filed last week, Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez argued that state-owned Haiti Telco wasn’t an ‘instrumentality’ so its personnel weren’t ‘foreign officials.’
It’s the first ‘foreign official’ appeal under the FCPA.… Continue Reading
Two Haiti Telco defendants convicted by a jury last year of FCPA, wire fraud, and money-laundering offenses have asked a federal appeals court to review the meaning of ‘foreign official.’
Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez are arguing to the U.S.… Continue Reading
A federal jury in Miami convicted a former director of Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M. (Haiti Telco) on all counts yesterday.
Jean Rene Duperval, 45, of Miramar, Florida, was found guilty on two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and 19 counts of money laundering.… Continue Reading
A former director of state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti accused of accepting bribes has pleaded guilty in Miami to conspiracy to launder money.
Patrick Joseph, 46, agreed to cooperate with the DOJ in exchange for consideration of a lighter sentence.… Continue Reading
Sam Rubenfeld of the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the wife of a current defendant in the Haiti telco case has been indicted.
A second superseding indictment filed in Miami federal court named Cecilia Zurita, a former vice president of Cinergy Telecommunications Inc.,… Continue Reading
On his Conflict of Interest Blog, Jeff Kaplan talked this week about people from one company serving on another company’s board. He’s not always against it. But he flags COI concerns that can come up.… Continue Reading
Some picks for the year’s hottest FCPA headlines are these:
#1: Drop in corporate enforcement actions. In 2010, 23 companies settled FCPA cases for $1.8 billion; in 2011, just 15 companies settled for $508.6 million.… Continue Reading
How does the thirty-month prison term Ousama Naaman received last week compare with other FCPA sentences?
It’s near the middle.
Here are some shorter sentences:
In January this year, Antonio Perez received two years in prison in the Haiti Telco case.… Continue Reading
How do FCPA defendants do with juries?
This isn’t scientific. But it looks like most juries convict about as fast as you can say ‘Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.’
Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez had a two-and-a-half week trial.… Continue Reading
The DOJ said Tuesday that Joel Esquenazi, 52, the former president of Terra Telecommunications Corp., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the Haiti telco bribery case — the longest FCPA-related prison term in history.… Continue Reading
