On February 26, 2020, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut reinforced the Second Circuit’s recent decision to limit prosecutors’ ability to pursue Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges against foreign...more
3/4/2020
/ Acquittals ,
Agency Relationship ,
Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Indictments ,
Jurisdiction ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Subsidiaries
On December 2, 2019, a jury in the Eastern District of New York acquitted Jean Boustani, a Lebanese citizen who is alleged to have been a key player in coordinating more than $200 million in bribe and kickback payments to...more
12/13/2019
/ Acquittals ,
Bribery ,
Credit Suisse ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Kickbacks ,
Misrepresentation ,
Mozambique ,
Nexus ,
Securities Fraud ,
Venue
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is increasingly using the money laundering statute to prosecute individuals in corruption and bribery cases. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is the primary statute prohibiting...more
11/12/2019
/ Alstom ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Equador ,
Extortion ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Forfeiture ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Laundering Control Act (MLCA) of 1986 ,
Venezuela ,
Willful Misconduct
The extraterritorial reach of statutes seeking to prohibit unscrupulous financial practices has been debated and watched as both entities and individuals seek to determine the scope of the United States’ government’s ability...more
On March 6, 2019, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS) consented to pay an $850 million sanction—the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal penalty ever paid to the United States—and to a three-year monitorship to...more
A former banker has agreed to forfeit $43.7 million and has pled guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations and money laundering in one of the largest individual FCPA enforcement cases to date. The two-count...more
In a decision likely to cause global reverberations in the realm of cross-border enforcement, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has vacated the convictions and indictment in the first US criminal appeal related...more
7/25/2017
/ Appeals ,
Compelled Testimony ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cross-Border ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Indictments ,
Libor ,
Rabobank ,
UK