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FCPA Enforcement Actions Regarding Conduct In Ecuador
By Mike Koehler
Ecuador. It is on the smaller side of countries in South America in terms of population and land area. However, it has the third largest oil reserves in South America…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Oil Trader Indicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Corrupt Payments to Ecuadorian Officials
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment 22 Sept 2020 against a trader at the U.S. subsidiary of a multinational oil distributor and…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Sargeant Marine Inc. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $16.6 Million to Resolve Charges Related to Foreign Bribery Schemes in Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador
Sargeant Marine Inc., an asphalt company formerly based in Boca Raton, Florida, pleaded guilty Sept 22, 2020, to conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Announces Indictment Of Oil Trader In Connection With Alleged Ecuador Bribery Scheme
By Mike Koehler
Yesterday, the DOJ announced that Javier Aguilar (described as a trader at the U.S. subsidiary of a multinational oil distributor and trading company – “Trading Company) was criminally charged for…
Mahany Law Blog
Bribery of Government Officials and Whistleblower Rewards
By Brian Mahany
QuantaDyn Corporation Pays $37 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Charges Whistleblower lawyers have long known that bribing foreign public officials can lead to cash rewards under the Foreign Corrupt…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
United States Reaches Settlement to Recover more than $60 Million Involving Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Riza Aziz utilizing funds allegedly embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment…
FCPA Professor
Regarding Extortion …
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, the FCPA Blog recently posed the silly question “are agents ever ‘legal’ under the FCPA?” Now the FCPA Blog is asking why “nobody talks about…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Was eliminating dark money donor disclosure a good thing? Generation Now may suggest not so much
A few weeks ago a federal grand jury indicted the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, Larry Householder, along with 4 other individuals and a…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Puerto Rico Legislator Indicted for Theft, Bribery, and Fraud
A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 13-count indictment against legislator María Milagros Charbonier-Laureano (Charbonier), aka “Tata,” a member of the Puerto Rico House of…
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Rewind To The Summer Of 2010
By Mike Koehler
Every so often it is interesting to go back into the archives and this post rewinds back to the Summer of 2010. Enjoy the trip down memory lane. As highlighted…