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Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez were convicted on all counts yesterday for bribing officials at state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M. (Haiti Telco).
The jury reached its verdict after five hours of deliberations following a two-and-a-half-week trial.… Continue Reading
The DOJ said today that a superseding indictment has charged six defendants, including four newly named defendants and two former Haitian government officials, in a bribery and money-laundering scheme that started ten years ago.… Continue Reading
A fourth man was given a jail term today for bribing Haitian officials on behalf of U.S.-based telecommunications companies.
Antonio Perez, 52, of Miami was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $36,375.… Continue Reading
Creation has given up many of its deepest secrets. But how sentencing decisions are made in FCPA-related cases isn’t one of them.
To prove that, listen to the following exchange. It occurred in July this year when Juan Diaz, a Miami businessman, appeared in federal court to learn his fate.… Continue Reading
The DOJ is appealing the six-month prison sentences imposed in August on Gerald Green and his wife Patricia.
The government wanted them to serve at least ten years in prison. Their six-month sentences are among the most lenient in recent FCPA cases.… Continue Reading
If the DOJ and SEC are prosecuting corporations instead of individuals for FCPA violations — an idea raised in another post — the numbers should show it. So let’s take a look.… Continue Reading
Patricia Green, with her husband Gerald The husband-and-wife Hollywood movie producers convicted of bribing a Thai government official were each sentenced to six months in jail and six months home confinement yesterday by a federal judge in Los Angeles.… Continue Reading
Juan Diaz, a Miami businessman at the center of the Haiti telco bribery case, was sentenced Friday to 57 months in prison. He pleaded guilty in May 2009 to a one-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering.… Continue Reading