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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Florida Businessman Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Venezuela Bribery Scheme
A former general manager and partial owner of a Florida-based energy company was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Güralp DPA announced after employees acquitted of bribery offences
By Andrew Reeves (UK), Ruth Cowley (UK)
On 20 December 2019 it was announced that Güralp Systems Ltd (Güralp) had entered into a £2m Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in October 2019…
Business Litigation Blog
Jury Acquits Lead Defendant in $2 Billion Mozambican Loan Fraud Trial
In the latest development in a prosecution previously covered on this blog, Privinvest Group executive Jean Boustani was acquitted of all charges on Dec. 2 by a jury in the…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Attorney for Municipalities in Puerto Rico Convicted of Bribery
A former attorney for three municipalities in Puerto Rico was convicted of bribery. Alejandro Carrasco, 63, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was convicted of four counts of bribery with respect…
FCPA Professor
This Week On FCPA Professor
By Mike Koehler
FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.” Set forth…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Ericsson Pleads Guilty and Pays Over $1 Billion to Resolve Bribery Case
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has agreed to pay total penalties of more than $1 billion to resolve the government’s…
Legal Profession Blog
Signs
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court accepted a five-year retroactive consent suspension as a consequence of a federal false statement conviction.The Bucks County Courier Times reported on the chargesSavona's resignation comes following…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former U.S. Army Range Director Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme
A former senior U.S. Army civilian employee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to accept over $100,000 in bribes while serving as the director of the range at Hawaii’s Schofield Barracks…
FCPA Professor
Issues To Consider From The Samsung Heavy Industries Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler
This prior post highlighted the DOJ’s recent net $37.5 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Samsung Heavy Industries (a South Korea-based company with a branch office in Houston)…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Two Former Executives of the China Subsidiary of a Multi-Level Marketing Company Charged for Scheme to Pay Foreign Bribes and Circumvent Internal Accounting Controls
The former head of the China subsidiary of a publicly traded international multi-level marketing company (Company-1) and the former head of the external affairs department of the China subsidiary of…