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Corruption
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Sentencing Law and Policy
You be the judge: what federal sentence for prominent elderly state legislator convicted on 10 of 23 corruption counts?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy Chicago Tribune article reporting on the results of a lengthy trial and jury deliberation under the headline…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former Senator Bob Menendez given (below guidelines range) sentence of 11 years in prison
As reported in this CNN piece, "[f]ormer New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges after…
FCPA Professor
Pizza At The Panama Canal
By Mike Koehler
From time to time, an issue appears in the news which demonstrates how some conflate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the actual statute) and how the FCPA is enforced by…
FCPA Professor
What Does “Resident” Mean?
By Mike Koehler
In 2018, the DOJ unsealed criminal charges against Raul Gorrin Belisario, a prominent Venezuelan businessman and described by the DOJ as a citizen and national of Venezuela who at various…
The Right Coast
The Biden Crime Family cashes out after 52 years – Washington Examiner
After more than half a century of brandishing the Biden family moniker to trade access to the federal government in exchange for cash, the Biden Crime Family has finally cashed…
Criminal
Facing guidelines recommending decades in prison, former Senator Menendez requests “sentence that relies heavily on alternatives to incarceration”
As reported in this New York Times piece, weeks "before Robert Menendez, New Jersey’s disgraced former U.S. senator, is scheduled to be sentenced for corruption, his lawyers submitted an emotion-laden…
The Infortal Blog
Raytheon’s $950M Penalty Highlights Multiple Corruption and Compliance Due Diligence Failures
Raytheon pays over $950M to settle allegations of defective pricing, foreign bribery, and export control violations. Learn about the critical compliance lapses and the importance of due diligence in preventing…
The Right Coast
Corrupt Papa Biden Pardons Hunter | RealClearPolitics
To cut off any risk of investigation into his corrupt family influence-peddling syndicate and spare his weak son from an almost certain prison term, President Joe Biden unsurprisingly broke his…
FCPA Professor
U.K. Brings Enforcement Action Against Former Glencore Employees
By Mike Koehler
In 2022, Glencore (a commodities company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Switzerland) resolved a net $443 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action regarding conduct in Nigeria,…
FCPA Professor
Individual Pleads Guilty To FCPA Charge In Connection With Bribery Scheme Involving South African Airways
By Mike Koehler
In 2016, AAR Corp. (a U.S. based aviation services company) announced that it had teamed with a joint venture partner – JM Aviation South Africa (Pty) Ltd. – to secure a…