Harry Cassin
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Bill Waite
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As reported by the SCOTUS Blog, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied Frederic Bourke’s petition for certiorari (review) of his 2009 conviction for conspiracy to violate the FCPA and lying to FBI agents.… Continue Reading
The former hedge fund executive who pleaded guilty nine years ago to conspiracy to violate the FCPA was sentenced Wednesday to time he aleady served in jail.
Clayton Lewis was also ordered to pay $100 in court costs, according to Bloomberg’s David Glovin.… Continue Reading
It was a quiet start to the year, with just one stealth enforcement action by the SEC that didn’t mentioned the FCPA by name, and none by the DOJ.
So the feds’ go-slow enforcement trend continues.… Continue Reading
The Swiss lawyer who pleaded guilty in 2004 to helping move money used to bribe officials in Viktor Kozeny’s Azeri privatization scheme was sentenced in New York on Wednesday to the time he already served in jail.… Continue Reading
Clayton Lewis, the hedge fund partner who invested and lost $126 million in Viktor Kozeny’s Azeri privatization scheme, won’t be sentenced until at least April, according to an order issued this month by the judge hearing his case.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals has denied Frederic Bourke’s request for a new trial.
Bourke, convicted in 2009 of an FCPA conspiracy and sentenced to a year in jail, argued that prosecutors knowingly allowed a key witness to present false testimony to the jury.… Continue Reading
Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY (photo courtesy of the U.S. Marshals) Frederic Bourke asked a federal appeals court to consider a law review article that slams the DOJ’s handling of key testimony in his trial as unethical and amounting to legal malpractice.… Continue Reading
The Swiss lawyer who pleaded guilty in 2004 to helping move money used to bribe Azeri officials hasn’t been sentenced, and court records indicate no sentencing date is pending.
Hans Bodmer, 57, faces up to ten years in prison for a money laundering conspiracy while he worked for Viktor Kozeny.… Continue Reading
The U.K. Privy Council ruled yesterday that Viktor Kozeny, the accused mastermind in a huge 1990’s bribery scheme in Azerbaijan, can’t be extradited from the Bahamas to the United States to face FCPA charges.… Continue Reading
Frederic Bourke can remain free during his appeals, even while he asks the United States Supreme Court to review his case.
That means he won’t go to prison anytime soon and may never spend time behind bars.… Continue Reading
Frederic Bourke on Thursday lost what may be his final bid to stay out of prison.
Just a day after a federal appeals court upheld Bourke’s conviction in 2009 of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S.… Continue Reading
Frederic Bourke’s conviction on an FCPA conspiracy was upheld by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Bourke was found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan in July 2009 of investing in an oil privatization scheme in Azerbaijan despite knowing officials there would be bribed.… Continue Reading
