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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Barbadian Insurance Company Charged with Laundering Bribes to Former Minister of Industry of Barbados
The former chief executive officer and senior vice president of Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL), a Barbados-based insurance company, were charged in an indictment unsealed on Jan. 18, with…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Charitable Contributions as Corporate Bribery in China
The Abstract of a paper recently posted to SSRN entitled "Donate to Bribe? Effects of China's Anti-Corruption Campaign on Charity Donations"AbstractUsing data on publicly-listed companies in China from 2008 to…
Legal Profession Blog
Gunned Down
An attorney was disbarred by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial DepartmentOn April 24, 2018, respondent was found guilty, after a jury trial, in the United States…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Will Russia Provide Missing Links to Murder, Kickbacks, Bribery?
The case against Leonid Teyf, a Russian citizen, in a federal court in North Carolina has enough juicy facts for an international crime novel. The U.S. prosecutors need evidence to…
FCPA Professor
FCPA Enforcement Actions Against Foreign Companies From OECD Convention Peer Countries
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this post, like prior years (see here and here) much of the largeness of 2018 FCPA enforcement resulted from corporate enforcement actions against foreign companies.Specifically, of the 17…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Patrick Ho, Former Secretary of Home Affairs (Hong Kong) and Former Head Of Organization Backed By Chinese Energy Conglomerate, Convicted Of International Bribery, Money Laundering Offenses
Ho Schemed to Bribe the President of Chad, President and Foreign Minister of Uganda Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Assistant Attorney…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
UK’s first Deferred Prosecution Agreement, between the SFO and Standard Bank, successfully ends
Today the Serious Fraud Office announced the end of the UK’s first Deferred Prosecution Agreement, confirming that Standard Bank PLC (now known as ICBC Standard Bank PLC) had fully complied…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
9 convicted in £16m and $21m FH Bertling bribery cases
Stephen Emler and Giuseppe Morreale pleaded guilty for their part in a corrupt scheme to secure a ConocoPhillips freight forwarding contract, eventually worth over £16m, for FH Bertling as part…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Five convictions in SFO’s Alstom investigation into bribery & corruption to secure €325 million of contracts
Nicholas Reynolds was found guilty of conspiracy to corrupt today at Blackfriars Crown Court following an extensive investigation and prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office. The conviction brings to…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Alstom Power Global Sales Director sentenced to 4.5 years for corruption
Today, Nicholas Reynolds received 4 years and 6 months imprisonment for his part in a conspiracy to bribe officials in Lithuania’s Elektrenai power station and senior Lithuanian politicians in order…