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Joseph Sigelman (screen capture from YouTube video posted by Joseph Sigelman)Joseph Sigelman, the former co-CEO of PetroTiger who was sentenced to probation and no jail time for an FCPA conspiracy when he pleaded guilty two weeks into his trial, is now fighting with the lawyers who defended him.… Continue Reading
For only the second time in FCPA history, the DOJ Monday made a public announcement that it wouldn’t prosecute a company that cooperated in building a case against a former officer.… Continue Reading
Joseph Sigelman, the former co-CEO of PetroTiger, pleaded guilty today to one criminal count during the third week of his FCPA trial.
Sigelman, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the FCPA. … Continue Reading
Prosecutors in Colombia charged six current and former employees of the state-controlled oil company with taking bribes from services company PetroTiger Ltd.
Police made the arrests in a sweep in Bogotá, Bucaramanga, and other cities, the Wall Street Journal said.… Continue Reading
A federal judge in New Jersey ruled last week that prosecutors can use secret video recordings in the trial of the former PetroTiger CEO that the FBI made with a camera attached to the executive’s lawyer.… Continue Reading
Joseph Sigelman, who served as a former co-CEO of PetroTiger Ltd., is the latest FCPA defendant to argue that employees of state-owned enterprises aren’t “foreign officials” under the FCPA.
He was charged in May with bribing an official at Ecopetrol SA, Colombia’s state-controlled oil company, and defrauding PetroTiger by taking kickbacks.… Continue Reading
The former CEO of PetroTiger Ltd. — a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey — was indicted Friday for bribing an official at Ecopetrol SA, Colombia’s state-controlled oil company, and defrauding PetroTiger by taking kickbacks.… Continue Reading
It was a busy three months for FCPA and related enforcement. Alcoa and a subsidiary landed 5th on the FCPA top ten list with a $384 million settlement. And Japan’s Marubeni made the enforcement report for the second time in just over two years.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of PTS, a PetroTiger companyThe former co-chief executive officer of oil and gas services company PetroTiger Ltd. pleaded guilty Tuesday for bribing an official at Ecopetrol SA, Colombia’s state-controlled oil company, and defrauding PetroTiger by taking kickbacks.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of PTS, a PetroTiger companyTwo former CEOs of PetroTiger Ltd., a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey, were charged with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act-related offenses, fraud and money laundering.… Continue Reading