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Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Haiti Teleco Defendant Receives Record-Breaking Sentence for FCPA Violations
As detailed in a previous blog post, a federal jury convicted Joel Esquinazi and Carlos Rodriguez, two former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp. ("Terra"), earlier this year on all counts…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Allianz SE to settle SEC charges linked to bribes in Indonesia
Europe’s largest insurance company, Germany-based Allianz SE, apparently is about to limit damages sustained by United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations. The insurer had been under US investigation…
Subject to Inquiry
Avon investigated for corruption by the SEC for alleged offences in China
By Government Investigations Group
Last week Avon, the US door-to-door and online cosmetics manufacturer, announced that the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed it under formal investigation in connection with allegations of bribery…
Subject to Inquiry
Victor Dahdaleh charged with bribery
By Government Investigations Group
It was widely reported, yesterday, that the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") have arrested and charged prominent Canadian investor Victor Dahdaleh with bribing officials of a Bahrainian state-owned smelting company.
Subject to Inquiry
The first person found guilty of an offence under the U.K. Bribery Act
By Government Investigations Group
Munir Yakub Patel recently appeared before Southwark Crown Court to answer the charge that, in exchange for £500, he used his job as an administration clerk to avoid putting details…
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Bribery Charges Dismissed Against Former Schnitzer Steel Executive
On October 14, 2011, the DOJ dismissed bribery charges against Si Chan Wooh, the former Executive Vice President and head of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.'s ("Schnitzer Steel") Tacoma, Washington based…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
SEC Issues FCPA Cease and Desist Order as to Watts Water Technologies, General Manager of Chinese Subsidiary
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has issued an administrative cease and desist order as to Watts Water Technologies, Inc. ("Watts"), a water valve designer and retailer, and Leesen Chang…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Reuters, Former trader Emanuel Goffer sentenced to 3 yearsWilliam K. Rashbaum, NYTimes, City Official Accused of Taking Bribes, Left in Boxes and Cups (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez)DOJ Press…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Benjamin Weiser, NYTimes, Former Hospital Chief Convicted of Offering Bribes to Albany LegislatorsErin Meyer, Chicago Tribune, Lawyer gets 6 years for $2M worth of questionable billing to Calumet ParkWalter Pavlo,…
Subject to Inquiry
Creative Accounting: Tax records and the Bribery Act
By Government Investigations Group
At this week's Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, the head of the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office ("SFO"), Richard Alderman, warned that companies believed to be paying bribes to obtain work…