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Armor Holdings, Inc.

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 27 2011

Armor Holdings, Inc. (“Armor”), the maker of military trucks, has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve claims that it bribed a United Nations official to win contracts connected to peacekeeping missions

Citigroup global marks, inc

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2011

The Commission appealed the determination by District Court Judge Rakoff to not approve the proposed settlement in this case

Legislation

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2010

New whistle-blower program that could lead to huge cash rewards for individuals who provide information about securities law violations to the SEC, including violations of the FCPA

ABB

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Mexico, USA
  • -
  • October 22 2010

In late September, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB with various violations of the FCPA

Sovereign wealth funds

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

Sources are claiming that the SEC is investigating whether banks and private equity firms have violated the FCPA in dealings with sovereign wealth funds

RINO International Corporation

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

RINO International Corporation ("RINO"), a Nevada corporation with all of its operating subsidiaries and affiliates based in China, recently disclosed in a filing with the SEC that it is the subject of a formal investigation by the SEC, including with respect to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") compliance

Maxwell Technologies

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (“Maxwell”) have settled FCPA charges with the DOJ as well as the SEC

Innospec

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

The SEC recently announced that Paul Jennings, the former CEO of Innospec, a global specialty chemical company, agreed to pay more than $229,000 in penalties to settle FCPA charges in connection with alleged bribes of Iraqi and Indonesian officials to win contracts

Prosecutions

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2010

The SEC has filed charges against Veraz Networks, Inc., a Californian telecommunications company, for FCPA violations. According to the complaint filed, the violations relate to improper payments made to foreign officials in China and Vietnam to win business

Investigations

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2010

Since the report in the June Corruption Digest, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced its controls compliance investigation of pharmaceutical and other companies doing business in or with countries designated as state sponsors of terror