Following on the heels of its landmark 2014 ruling in United States v. Esquenazi, the Eleventh Circuit has issued another important decision addressing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a related case, United States v. Duperval.
On Monday, February 9, 2015, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and nine-year sentence of Duperval on two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering and nineteen counts of money laundering. Duperval was the first foreign official to be convicted at trial for money laundering based on an underlying FCPA bribery scheme.
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