Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 17, 2020 NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey man today admitted that he paid a foreign official $100,000 in bribes to secure an improper business advantage and to obtain and retain business contracts,
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Chilean airline LATAM has agreed to pay a $12.75 million fine as part of a DPA in its FCPA investigation. The private group operated a shell company that provided faulty contracts, which were virtually bribes, to Argentine officials, in turn leading to their neighboring country’s contracting of
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Netherlands-based drilling company SMB Offshore NV has reached a $342 million settlement with state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazilian Petroleum SA) following a near-complete investigation into corruption allegations. Though at the time of the settlement no conclusive evidence was found, Brazilian investigators did find “red flags” in the Dutch
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Exposing a 12-year contracting scheme, the District of New Jersey has sentenced two Louis Berger International VPs for one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and one substantiative count of violating the FCPA. James McClung, 60, and Richard Hirsch, 62, received one year in prison and
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Analogic Corp, a Massachusetts-based medical technology company, has recently come under investigation for FCPA violations and, following exposure, has since agreed to pay $14.8 million in damages. The company’s ill practices were revealed by their Danish subsidiary, BK Medical ApS, who entered a NPA with the DOJ,
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Cinnaminson, NJ- The massive, multilateral investigation into Leonard Glenn Francis of GDMA’s navy bribery scheme continues with highest-ranking charge yet. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gibeau pleads guilty to lying to federal investigators (DCIS and NCIS) in regards to his relationship with Francis. Gibeau admits he received
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FormerFeds, LLC announced today that it had released its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Self-Assessment Module. The Assessment Module is free to use for any company that administers the software solution through its own legal department or through outside counsel. The FCPA Assessment Module is currently being beta-tested
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