Harry Cassin
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Shruti J. Shah
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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The Bribery Act 2010 and Department of Justice guidance require businesses to have anti-bribery controls which reflect the risk they face in conducting business.
The OECD has just published an excellent analysis of the 427 enforcement actions undertaken by the signatories to the 1999 Anti-Bribery Convention which may help.… Continue Reading
The London lawyer who helped KBR and its partners deliver nearly $150 million in bribes to Nigerian officials and went to prison for violating the FCPA has been disbarred by the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority.… Continue Reading
With its $398 million enforcement action Wednesday, Total S.A. has landed fourth on our list of the Top 10 FCPA cases of all time.
Nine of the biggest cases involve non-U.S.… Continue Reading
Two former executives of French engineering and construction giant Technip S.A. were handed light fines by a Paris court Wednesday for their role in the multi-million dollar bribery scheme to win contracts for development of the Bonny Island gas facility.… Continue Reading
In his 61-page ruling this week allowing the SEC’s suit against two former Noble executives to go forward, federal district judge Keith P. Ellison provided some excellent ‘guidance’ about the FCPA.… Continue Reading
This just in from ‘French-fcpablog-addict,’ our correspondent in Paris:
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I am just going out from the Paris Court and the judges decided to order a disjunction / separation of the file about Jeffrey Tesler because it is a fundamental right to let people be present in order to defend themselves.… Continue Reading
Here’s a note from a correspondent in France:
… Continue ReadingDear FCPA Blog,
You probably have already noticed through ethiXbase that today [November 19] begins the French trial of Jeffrey Tesler.
Tesler’s lawyers will ask to postpone the trial because he is currently in jail in the United States and would like to be at the hearing.
Since we started tracking FCPA fugitives (like a blog — not like a U.S. Marshal), a lot has happened.
Several names came off the original FCPA fugitives list and new ones have been added.… Continue Reading
Dear FCPA Blog,
Last night I read your post, ‘Jeffrey Tesler: I have nothing to live for except to seek forgiveness.’
Tesler’s saga, told so well in his incredible exchange with the judge who sentenced him to federal prison, encapsulates the human experience in all its drama.… Continue Reading
The one-time middleman for KBR and its partners stood before Judge Keith P. Ellison in a Houston courtroom in February. Jeffrey Tesler faced up to ten years in prison.
Judge Ellison sentenced him to twenty-one months in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey.… Continue Reading
On the occasion of Roger Clemens’ acquittal Monday for perjury, Nathan Vardi of Forbes catalogued failed white collar prosecutions he said evidenced the DOJ’s abuse of ‘prosecutorial discretion’ and lack of ‘good judgment.’… Continue Reading
KBR’s former agent Jeffrey Tesler was ordered to report to federal prison on April 17 to begin serving his twenty-one month sentence.
Judge Keith P. Ellison signed the order on March 30 for Tesler’s surrender.… Continue Reading
