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Bribery
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New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
NJ Supreme Court Upholds the Total Forfeiture of Municipal Inspector’s Pension for Bribery Conviction
As stated in NJ.com, in December of 2012, a former Jersey City municipal inspector, Bennie Anderson, took a $300 payoff to change the tax description on a building zoned for…
FCPA Professor
Wakil Enforcement Action – Obtain Or Retain Business?
By Mike Koehler
This previous post summarized the DOJ’s criminal charges against Naman Wakil regarding an alleged bribery scheme in Venezuela. Should the case be litigated, there will be some interesting legal issues to…
FCPA Professor
Same General Script, As DOJ Charges Individual In Connection With Alleged Bribes In Venezuela
By Mike Koehler
You have likely read the script many times in the last several years. An individual associated with small privately-held companies does business in Venezuela and paid alleged bribes (and/or laundered…
FCPA Professor
Former Glencore Trader Pleads Guilty To FCPA And Related Offense
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, for approximately two years Glencore (a commodities company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Switzerland with common stock that trades on the…
FCPA Professor
U.K. Serious Fraud Office (Sort Of) Announces Two Bribery Act Enforcement Actions
By Mike Koehler
Yesterday, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office announced two related Bribery Act enforcement actions. Well sort of, because the SFO did not identify the companies at issue or the specifics…
FCPA Professor
CROOK Act Gobbledygook
By Mike Koehler
The so-called CROOK Act (see here and here for prior posts among others) seeks to “establish an anti-corruption action fund to support international anti-corruption efforts …”. The House version of…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Manhattan Doctor Sentenced in Fentanyl Bribery Case
A local court sentenced 51-year-old Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, of New Rochelle, to five-and-half years in prison. Goldstein had previously pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted kickbacks and bribes to…
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Former Executive Director Of Goldman Sachs International Resolves SEC FCPA Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler
In April 2020, the SEC announced the filing of a civil complaint charging Asante Berko (pictured – a former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International). The SEC charged Berko with Foreign Corrupt…
FCPA Professor
Checking In On Petrofac
By Mike Koehler
Petrofac (a U.K. based oil and gas company with ADRs registered with the SEC) has been under scrutiny since 2016 regarding its relationship with Unaoil. (See here for the prior post).…
Compliance Building
The One with the Coffee Cup Full of Cash
Last week, the sentence of Michael Jarigese was upheld by an appellate court. Mr. Jarigese had been sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release in…