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SFO prosecution

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 22 2010

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced in a press release dated 22 September, that five men have been bailed to appear in court in November following their alleged involvement in corruption

Schlumberger Ltd

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

The DOJ is investigating possible bribery in Yemen several years ago by Schlumberger Ltd., the large oil-services company that has a primary office in Houston, Texas

Settlements

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 16 2010

On November 4, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced sweeping settlements with seven companies in the oil services industry for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”

A different kind of Ponzi scheme

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2011

In recent months the SEC has brought dozens of Ponzi scheme cases

Corruption digest

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

The Niko Resources Ltd. pleaded guilty to charges of bribing a public official in Bangladesh, under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (“CFPOA”

Alstom in talks with SFO

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • September 27 2011

It has been reported that "a senior figure" from Alstom - the Paris-based company that provides equipment and services for power generation and high speed rail transport - has been in talks with Richard Alderman, the director of the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO"

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

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

Aluminium bribes

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

The UK Serious Fraud Office has charged a BritishCanadian billionaire, Mr Victor Dahdaleh, for allegedly bribing officials at Bahrain-based aluminium smelting company, Alba

Impact of the Bribery Act

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 27 2011

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, has reportedly banned the use of facilitation payments to bring it in line with the Act, which came into force on 1 July 2011

The new era of FCPA enforcement

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • August 29 2011

It has been over thirty years since the U.S. became the first country to pass anti-corruption legislation known as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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