Former Brazilian Petrochemical CEO Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison Over FCPA Violations
DOJ says scheme involved diverting millions from company into slush fund and paying bribes to Brazilian government officials, political parties ...
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In Break with Tradition, DOJ Indicted Former Ericsson Employee for Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme
A former Ericsson employee allegedly employed "financial sleight-of-hand involving a sham consulting contract, a false due-diligence report, and fake invoices" ...
Doing Battle on (At Least) Two Fronts: What Happens When Multiple Regulators Engage in Parallel Enforcement Efforts?
When multiple regulators bring enforcement actions, information gathered in civil proceedings is often used in subsequent criminal trials. But there ...
Recent FCPA Cases: Lessons for Compliance Personnel
Historic Corruption and Its Modern-Day Impacts Anne Eberhardt, CFE, CAMS and Senior Director at Gavin/Solmonese, discusses two notable cases involving ...
Goldman Sachs and the 1MDB Criminal Prosecutions
Indictments and Other Developments Following indictments unsealed last week, Michael Volkov revisits the 1MDB scandal, from the major players to ...
Common Pitfalls in Third-Party Due Diligence
5 Risky Mistakes Companies Make Third-party relationships result in a majority of FCPA resolutions and investigations. Dan Wendt, member at ...
Honest Services Goes Abroad: Implications of the Recent FIFA Decision
In a decision from June, the Second Circuit expanded the reach of U.S. federal criminal law to potentially cover any ...
A Look Back on the CFTC’s Robust Year in Enforcement
Gregory S. Kaufman and Amber S. Unwala of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP review enforcement activity by the Commodity Futures Trading ...
Former CEO of Brazilian Petrochemical Company Charged for FCPA Violation
DOJ Office of Public Affairs (November 20, 2019) – An indictment was unsealed today charging a former chief executive officer ...
DOJ Goes for the Honduran President’s Jugular In Sentencing of Tony Hernandez
With the sentencing of Tony Hernandez, brother to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Southern District of New York and ...
Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
Historic level of enforcement action during national health emergency continues March 26, 2021 – The Department of Justice announced an ...
The Curious Absence of Corporate Monitors
AAG Brian Benczkowski’s 2018 memo on selecting corporate monitors states that one should only be imposed when there’s a “clear ...
