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Entries in Nigeria (168)

Monday
Feb202012

Stanley, Tesler, And Chodan Face Sentencing This Week

The only individuals prosecuted in the $1.6 billion TSKJ Nigeria enforcement action are scheduled to be sentenced this week in federal court in Houston.

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Thursday
Feb092012

Africa's Oil And Gas Corruption In The Spotlight

The NGO Global Witness has published a new report that says governments in Africa are awarding concessions and productions contracts to shell companies that may have ties to government officials.

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Tuesday
Jan312012

Stanley, Tesler, and Chodan Sentencings Postposed

Sentencing of the three individual defendants in the TSKJ Nigeria case has been delayed again.

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Tuesday
Jan312012

Reducing C-Level Risk In Compliance Land

The CEOs, CFOs, COOs and Chief Compliance Officers we meet with are well aware of the FCPA and are working to put in place compliance programs to keep their companies on the right side of the law, but they are not terribly concerned about their own personal exposures.

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Thursday
Jan122012

'It's A Growth Industry, Isn't It?'

Jack Stanley's admissions when he pleaded guilty three years ago to conspiracy to violate the FCPA and commit mail and wire fraud were staggering.

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Thursday
Dec292011

TSKJ: The FCPA's Whale

The TSKJ enforcement action started in September 2008. Jack Stanley, KBR's former CEO, pleaded guilty in Houston to a two-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to commit mail and wire fraud.

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Tuesday
Nov152011

Where Is Your Family, Sir?

In March this year, Jeffrey Tesler, 62, stood before federal district court judge Keith P. Ellison, left, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and a substantive FCPA count.

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Saturday
Oct222011

Halliburton Investigating Angola Operations

Houston-based oil and gas services giant Halliburton on Friday disclosed an internal investigation into possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in Angola.

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Wednesday
Oct122011

U.K. Paper Fights Secrecy In FCPA Extraditions

The Guardian wants to know why Jeffrey Tesler and Wojciech Chodan were extradited to the U.S. last year to face FCPA-related charges.

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Tuesday
Oct042011

Due Diligence To Prevent Touting

To the untrained eye, they often appear as scrubby derelict vagabonds, haunting the steps of administrative offices throughout the developing world.

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