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In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Walmart has disclosed an internal investigation into “whether certain matters, including permitting, licensing and inspections, were in compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA.”
In Congressional hearings over the past two years, DOJ officials have faced repeated questioning about the lack of FCPA prosecutions against individuals
In the Matter of Kempisty & Co., CPAs, P.C., Adm. Proc. File No. 3344 (Dec. 14, 2011) is a proceeding against the audit firm, its founding partner Philip Kempisty, and an employee of the firm, John Rubino
Citing misconduct by the prosecution, Judge A. Howard Matz of the Central District of California has vacated the FCPA convictions of Lindsey and two of its executives, and dismissed the indictment
In a related matter, the government has agreed to vacate the conviction of Angela Aguilar pending its appeal of Judge Matz’s dismissal of the indictments against Ms. Aguilar’s co-defendants, Lindsay Manufacturing, Keith Lindsey and Steve Lee
The United Steelworkers has requested that the DOJ investigate whether an Indonesian subsidiary of Phoenix, Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. has been bribing security forces in Indonesia
U.S. oilfield services company Halliburton has disclosed that it is conducting an internal investigation after receiving an anonymous email regarding its Angolan operations
SciClone and certain of its directors and officers have agreed to settle the consolidated derivative lawsuits that were filed following the company’s announcement that it was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible FCPA violations
Embraer, the world's fourth largest plane manufacturer, has disclosed that the DOJ and the SEC are investigating whether the Brazilian company’s activities in three countries violated the FCPA
