By Tom Fox
In what can only be termed a stunning resolution, the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission announced a resolution of a long-standing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe into the Dutch telecom giant VimpelCom Ltd. for a spectacular, long-standing bribery scheme for the company to garner the rights to the mobile communications business in Uzbekistan. The multiple bribery schemes used appear to have been approved at the highest levels of the company and should provide a wealth of case studies on bribery schemes for the compliance professional going forward.