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Bribery
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The Right Coast
Fat Leonard’ Escapes House Arrest in San Diego Weeks Before Sentencing in Navy Bribery Scheme
The military contractor known as "Fat Leonard," who pleaded guilty to orchestrating an international Navy bribery scheme and was under house arrest in San Diego, is now on the run…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Announces 2020 Criminal Charges Against Individuals In Connection With Alleged Marshall Islands Bribery Scheme
By Mike Koehler
Last Friday, the DOJ announced that two Marshall Island nationals (Cary Yan and Gina Zhou – pictured) arrived in the U.S. after being extradited from Thailand based on 2020 criminal…
Legal Profession Blog
All About The Benjamins
A federal bribery conviction results in automatic disbarment by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial DepartmentRespondent's bribery conviction stems from, among other things, his entering into a…
Leahy Tax Blog
Seventh Circuit Throws Out RICO Case Against ComEd
By Jake Leahy
A $150 million class action lawsuit against ComEd's parent company, Exelon, had previously been filed and appealled to the Seventh Circuit. The lawsuit points to the alleged bribery and numerous…
FCPA Professor
When Will The Unaoil FCPA Defendants Be Sentenced?
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in October 2019, the DOJ announced that Cyrus Ahsani and Saman Ahsani (the former CEO and Chief Operations Officer of Monaco-based Unaoil) pleaded guilty in March…
Litigation Finance Journal
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN ESG ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST AIRBUS IN AMSTERDAM
By John Freund
The District Court in Amsterdam has delivered a significant decision in a ground-breaking ESG action brought against Airbus. The action is organised and funded by the ESG team at Woodsford.…
FCPA Professor
SEC Obtains $550,092 Default Judgement Against Li
By Mike Koehler
In November 2019, the DOJ announced that Yanliang Li (a citizen of China and former Managing Director of a Chinese division of Herbalife) and Hongwei Yang (a citizen of China and…
FCPA Professor
What A Debacle: DOJ Dismisses Enforcement Action Against Baptiste and Boncy
By Mike Koehler
What a debacle. The latest in a long line of embarrassing (and stunning) DOJ setbacks in individual FCPA enforcement actions. (See here, here and here). First the relevant background. In 2017 (in connection…
FCPA Professor
Interesting Turn Of Events In Boncy Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler
In 2017 (in connection with an undercover string) the DOJ unsealed criminal charges against Joseph Baptiste (a retired U.S. Army Colonel, practicing dentist, and founder / president of a Maryland-based Haitian focused…
FCPA Professor
Former Ericsson Executives Acquitted In Sweden
By Mike Koehler
In December 2019, Swedish telecom company Ericsson resolved a net $1.06 billion Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action. The enforcement action concerned conduct in Djibouti, China, Vietnam, Kuwait, Indonesia, and Saudi…