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Entries in Forfeiture (36)

Thursday
May162013

Wal-Mart’s Victims Part VIII: So What Should We Do?

I’ve argued in this series that we should think of corruption generally, and bribery specifically, as violating human rights -- specifically the rights of the citizens of the countries in which bribery occurs. (And make no mistake, this includes  the U.S.).

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Wednesday
May082013

Two traders and a bank official charged for Venezuela bribes

Two brokers affiliated with a New York firm were charged in federal court with paying at least $5 million in bribes to an official at a state-owned Venezuelan bank to win bond trading work.

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Monday
Nov192012

Tesler goes on trial in Paris 

Here's a note from a correspondent in France:

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Friday
Nov162012

DOJ grabs U.S. property of former Taiwan ruler

The former President of Taiwan, Shui-Bian Chen (photo courtesy of Wikipedia)A Manhattan condo and a house in Virginia together worth $2.1 million were confiscated this week from the former president of Taiwan.

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Saturday
May262012

Feds Drop Lindsey Appeal, Case Closed

The DOJ on Friday (May 25) filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to voluntarily dismiss its appeal in the FCPA case involving Lindsey Manufacturing Company, its CEO, Keith Lindsey, and CFO, Steve Lee.

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Wednesday
Apr182012

French Warrant For Alleged Kleptocrat

France issued an arrest warrant late last month for the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as Teodorin or Teddy.

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Monday
Mar262012

News On Tesler, And A Rumor

Jeffrey Tesler was supposed to start serving his prison sentence on April 4. But he's asked for a delay until April 19. Why the delay? There's one good reason, and an anonymous but intriguing rumor.

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Tuesday
Mar132012

Duperval Convicted In Haiti Telco Trial

A federal jury in Miami convicted the former director of international relations for Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M. (Haiti Telco) on all counts yesterday.

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Thursday
Feb232012

Tesler Gets 21 Months

The London lawyer who delivered more than $130 million in bribes to Nigerian officials was sentenced today in Houston to 21 months in federal prison.

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Friday
Feb172012

Halliburton Hit With New SEC Subpoena

Houston-based Halliburton said in an SEC filing this week that it received a subpoena from the SEC in connection with an ongoing investigation of possible kickbacks and bribes in Angola.

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