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Image courtesy of Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard said Polish police are investigating some ‘public-sector transactions in Russia, Poland, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Mexico, among other countries.’
The Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau is looking into potential FCPA violations by an employee of Hewlett-Packard Polska Sp.… Continue Reading
A report today in Bloomberg’s Businessweek said state prosecutors in Germany arrested three former Hewlett-Packard managers for paying bribes in Russia nine years ago.
A spokesman for the Saxony chief prosecutor said a Finnish woman, an American man and a German man were charged with bribery, breach of trust, and aiding in tax evasion.… Continue Reading
Samuel Rubenfeld of the Wall Street Journal said this week that Avon is talking to the DOJ and SEC about settlement. The company has already spent about $280 million on its internal investigation, Rubenfeld said.… Continue Reading
Palo Alto-based Hewlett Packard Company’s latest Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 8 contained this FCPA disclosure:
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The German Public Prosecutor’s Office (“German PPO”) has been conducting an investigation into allegations that current and former employees of HP engaged in bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion relating to a transaction between Hewlett-Packard ISE GmbH in Germany, a former subsidiary of HP, and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation.… Continue Reading
Our list of the ten biggest corporate FCPA cases of all time hasn’t changed since April, when Johnson & Johnson’s $70 million settlement came on as number 10.
Since then we’ve been considering the seventy or so ongoing investigations, wondering which names from that list might appear among the top ten FCPA settlements a year from now.… Continue Reading
By Thomas Fox
Last week I picked my favorite FCPA enforcement actions for 2010. Here are my choices for the top ten investigations disclosed or making news this year:
1.… Continue Reading
Mark Hurd headed H-P for five years until he left the company in August.… Continue Reading
One of China’s top corruption fighters this week was given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of corruption.
Wang Huayuan, 62, was charged with taking bribes while serving as secretary of the provincial commissions for discipline in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces between 1998 and 2009.… Continue Reading
By Thomas Fox
At the recent Corporate Counsel Institute – Europe put on by the Georgetown University Law CLE program in London, participant Matthew King, Group Head of Internal Audit at HSBC, was interviewed by Project Counsel founder Gregory Bufithis.… Continue Reading
By Thomas Fox
Thanks to the FCPA Blog for its post Avon: A Pound of Cure. As you said, Avon voluntarily disclosed to the DOJ and SEC its discovery of potential FCPA violations and the on-going internal investigations.… Continue Reading
