Finmeccanica chief arrested for India bribes

Giuseppe Orsi, chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)The head of Italian defense firm Finmeccanica SpA was arrested Tuesday by Italian police on allegations that he bribed Indian officials to win sales of helicopters.

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Eni chief investigated in Algeria bribe case

The CEO of Italian energy giant Eni SpA  is under investigation by Italian authorities for bribes allegedly paid in Algeria by its subsidiary Saipem SpA.

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Saipem CEO out in corruption probe

Italian oil and gas drilling contractor Saipem SpA confirmed that it is under investigation for corruption by Italian authorities for alleged payments in Algeria.

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Stewart On Tyson: Who's Accountable?

In February, Tyson Foods settled FCPA offenses with the DOJ and the SEC for $5.2 million. The offenses related to illegal payments by company representatives to government-employed inspection veterinarians in Mexico, and a cover-up of the payments.

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Technip's €245 Million FCPA Charge

French company Technip said on Friday in its fourth quarter earnings release that it has reserved €245 million for an exceptional charge related to a potential settlement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offenses with the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission for its role in the TSKJ Nigeria joint venture.

The company said:

As previously disclosed in its public filings, Technip has been cooperating with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") in the ongoing investigations involving the joint venture company TSKJ, of which Technip has a 25% share, in relation to events which occurred between 1994 and 2004. Technip and the SEC and DOJ have discussed a resolution of all potential claims against the company arising from the investigation. While these discussions have not concluded, Technip will record an exceptional charge of €245 million in the fourth quarter 2009 reflecting the estimated costs of resolution based on the current status of the ongoing discussions.

Technip's chairman and CEO Thierry Pilenko said discussions with the SEC and DOJ "have intensified over the last weeks. There is now a roadmap to a satisfactory global resolution of all potential claims in the U.S. arising from the investigation. This is why we are now able to estimate the monetary cost of a resolution in our fourth quarter 2009 accounts."

A year ago, Houston-based global engineering firm Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR) pleaded guilty to a five-count criminal information, with one conspiracy count and four substantive counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, for its role in the TSKJ joint venture. And with its former parent, Halliburton, it settled civil charges with the SEC. KBR's criminal fine was $402 million and with Halliburton it agreed to pay the SEC $177 million in disgorgement.

KBR admitted paying Nigerian officials at least $182 million in bribes for engineering, procurement and construction contracts awarded between 1995 and 2004 to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria. The contracts to TSKJ were worth more than $6 billion. KBR's former CEO, Albert "Jack" Stanley, pleaded guilty in September 2008 to conspiring to violate the FCPA. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, subject to court review based on his cooperation.

The TSKJ joint venture was equally owned by KBR, Technip, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy, and JGC of Japan. It operated through three Portuguese special purpose corporations based in Madeira, Portugal. See our prior posts about KBR and TSKJ here.

In its release today, Technip said it doesn't expect " a criminal conviction for Technip’s role in the TSKJ joint venture." It said the fine will be "substantial" but won't impede the company from continuing its global business "in a normal manner."

The company added that the deal with the DOJ and SEC isn't completed.

Technip is a market leader in oil, gas, and petrochemical engineering, construction and services. It is headquartered in Paris and has about 23,000 employees. In 2009, revenue was €6.4 billion and operating income was €677 million.

Technip S.A.'s ADRs trade on the over-the-counter market under the symbol TKPPY.

View a copy of the company's February 12, 2010 release here.

Special thanks to Cody Worthington for his help with this post.

Tesler Fights Extradition; Jefferson Appeals

The London lawyer accused by the U.S. of being a middleman in KBR's bribery of Nigerian officials appeared in court last week to fight extradition. Jeffrey Tesler, 61, a U.K. citizen, was indicted in February by a federal grand jury in Houston. He was charged with one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and ten substantive FCPA offenses. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 55 years in prison. U.K. police, acting at the request of U.S. authorities, arrested Tesler in March.

According to a Press Association report, Tesler argued in the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court that his case is already under investigation by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office and shouldn't be duplicated by American prosecutors.

Tesler's lawyer, Bill Clegg QC, also said Tesler's case isn't linked to the U.S. "No person who was alleged to have received a bribe was promised a bribe in the U.S.A. No money to pay any bribes originated from any U.S. bank account. Mr Tesler, who it is alleged arranged the bribes, had never visited the U.S. in relation to the alleged conspiracy." The alleged bribes, Clegg said, were handled by a Gibraltar company and paid through Swiss bank accounts.

The U.S. indictment charged Tesler with using his Gibraltar company, Tri-Star Investments, to funnel about $132 million in bribes to Nigerian officials. The payments were intended to secure contracts worth more than $6 billion to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Nigeria's Bonny Island. The DOJ said Tesler was acting for a joint venture known as TSKJ, equally owned by KBR, Technip, SA of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V. (a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy) and JGC of Japan.

The Crown's lawyer, David Perry QC, said U.S.-based companies were involved and money had been channelled through U.S. bank accounts. According to a report in the Guardian, Perry said the allegations against Tesler could be criminal offenses "in Britain as well as the U.S., so extradition could take place under normal legal rules."

In the indictment, the U.S. made this claim of jurisdiction:

At all times relevant to this Indictment, Tesler was an "agent" of an "issuer" within the meaning of the FCPA, Title 15, United States Code, Section 78dd- 1, an "agent" of a "domestic concern" within the meaning of the FCPA, Title 15, United States Code, Section 78dd-2, and an "agent" of a "person" within the meaning of the FCPA, Title 15, United States Code, Section 78dd-3.

The London court continued Tesler's extradiction hearing.

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Down But Not Out. Former congressman William Jefferson, sentenced last month to 13 years in prison for corruption and conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, managed to file his notice of appeal on time. It was touch-and-go after Jefferson, 62, filed for bankruptcy in August, saying he owes his criminal defense lawyers more than $5.7 million. But two of the lawyers are sticking with him.

The Times Picayune reported that attorneys Robert Trout and Amy Jackson received approval last week from the trial judge, T.S. Ellis III, for the court to pay Jefferson's legal fees for the appeal. The lawyers won't get their full rates but a lower amount equivalent to court-appointed public defenders. Ellis also approved their request for the court to pay for a transcript of the six-week trial, probably about $26,000.

Jefferson is free on bail pending his appeal. It's expected to take at least a year. Judge Ellis said he released Jefferson because his defense raised an argument that's untested in the appellate courts. Jefferson says he was acting as a private citizen, while a corruption statute he was convicted under applies only to public acts by elected officials. The judge also said he regretted not making the jury's verdict form more specific. (See our post here.)

Jefferson was convicted on 11 charges -- conspiracy, soliciting and taking bribes, depriving citizens of honest services, money laundering and racketeering. He was acquitted of five charges, including Count 11 of the indictment -- the only substantive FCPA charge he faced.

Halliburton May Face U.K. Charges

Halliburton disclosed Friday in its latest SEC filing that the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) may bring civil claims or criminal charges against it under various British laws. In February this year, Halliburton and its former subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, admitted paying Nigerian officials at least $182 million in bribes for contracts awarded between 1995 and 2004 to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria. The companies agreed with the U.S. Justice Department to pay a $402 million criminal fine, with Halliburton paying $382 million of that amount. Halliburton also agreed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be jointly liable with KBR to pay $177 million in disgorgement. See our post here.

In Friday's disclosure, Halliburton said the SFO is focused on M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL), a U.K. subsidiary of KBR. The DOJ's criminal information had said KBR tried to shield itself from the FCPA by using MWKL to hold ownership in TSKJ, a four-party joint venture that acted as the main contractor on the Bonny Island project. TSKJ's other members were Technip SA of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V. (a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy), and JGC Corporation of Japan. Each partner held about 25% of the venture.

Halliburton said a finding that it broke British laws could "result in fines, restitution and confiscation of revenues, among other penalties." The amount of final civil or criminal penalties, the company said, will depend on whether MWKL knew about and authorized any of the illegal payments, how much revenue resulted from the bribes, and "the level of cooperation provided to the SFO during the investigations."

The company said its role in the Bonny Island project is also being investigated by France, Nigeria, and Switzerland and could also result in third-party claims.

In February this year, a federal grand jury sitting in Houston indicted Jeffrey Tesler, 60, of London, England, and Wojciech Chodan, 71, of Maidenhead, England, for violating the FCPA. The two U.K. citizens allegedly helped KBR bribe Nigerian officials. The Justice Department unsealed the indictments after Tesler's March 5 arrest by British police acting at the request of U.S. authorities. Chodan hasn't been arrested but faces an outstanding U.S. warrant. The DOJ said it will try to extradite both men to the U.S. to stand trial.

Tesler, a lawyer in London, and Chodan, a former employee and consultant of MWKL, were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate and ten counts of violating the FCPA. They face up to 55 years in prison if convicted on all counts. The indictment also seeks forfeiture from them of more than $132 million -- the amount they allegedly paid to Nigerian officials as bribes. See our post here.

In the U.K., the SFO hasn't indicated whether it plans to take action against Tesler and Chodan or other individuals involved in the case. Tesler was identified in KBR's 2007 annual report. British and French authorities investigated him two years ago but didn't file any charges.

In September 2008, Albert “Jack” Stanley, 65, a former chairman and CEO of KBR, pleaded guilty to a two-count criminal information that charged him him with conspiracy to violate the FCPA and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He admitted that from 1995 to 2004, he helped TSKJ bribe government officials in Nigeria. Stanley was sentenced to seven years in prison and a restitution payment of $10.8 million. The sentence is subject to review based on his cooperation. See our post here.

Jack Stanley was a senior vice president of Dresser Industries, Inc. when it merged into Halliburton in September 1998. Dresser's wholly-owned construction subsidiary, Kellogg, was combined with Halliburton's construction subsidiary, Brown & Root, Inc., to form KBR. In November 2006, Halliburton spun off KBR, which became a separate publicly-traded company.

Under their agreement for KBR's spin off, Halliburton is obligated to pay most of KBR's fines and other penalties for actual or alleged violations of the FCPA and similar foreign laws committed before November 2006. Halliburton has said it gave the indemnity "[t]o enhance KBR's financial stability and solvency, making possible the separation of KBR . . . ."

KBR, Inc. trades on the NYSE under the symbol KBR.

Halliburton Company trades on the NYSE under the symbol HAL.

Halliburton Company's Form 10-Q filed October 23, 2009 (for the period ending September 30, 2009) can be downloaded here.

Read all our posts about Halliburton here.
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KBR's U.K. Middlemen Indicted

Two U.K. citizens who allegedly helped Houston-based Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) bribe Nigerian officials have been indicted for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jeffrey Tesler, 60, of London, England, and Wojciech Chodan, 71, of Maidenhead, England, were indicted on Feb. 17, 2009 by a federal grand jury sitting in Houston. The Justice Department didn't unseal the indictments until after yesterday's arrest of Tesler by British police, who acted at the request of U.S. authorities. Chodan hasn't been arrested but faces an outstanding U.S. warrant. The DOJ said it will try to extradite Tesler and Chodan from the U.K. to stand trial in the U.S.

Tesler, a lawyer in London, and Chodan, a former employee and consultant of KBR's U.K subsidiary, were charged with one count of conspiracy to violate and ten counts of violating the FCPA. They face up to 55 years in prison if convicted on all counts. The indictment also seeks forfeiture from them of more than $132 million.

The indictment says a joint venture that included KBR entered into consulting contracts with a Gibraltar corporation allegedly controlled by Tesler called Tri-Star Investments. The joint venture paid Tri-Star about $132 million to be used to bribe Nigerian government officials. The bribes were intended to secure contracts worth more than $6 billion to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria. The joint venture, known as TSKJ, was equally owned by KBR, Technip, SA of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V. (a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy) and JGC of Japan. Chodan allegedly participated in meetings where the bribery was discussed and he wired $50 million from KBR-controlled accounts to a Japanese trading company to be used to bribe Nigerian officials.

Among the details in the indictment: In August 2002, a KBR representative, using money KBR provided to Tesler, "delivered a pilot's briefcase containing one million U.S. dollars in one-hundred dollar bills to the [Nigerian] Official at a hotel in Abuja, Nigeria, for the benefit of a political party in Nigeria." And in April 2003, a KBR representative "delivered a vehicle containing Nigerian currency valued at approximately $500,000 to the hotel of the [Nigerian] Official in Abuja, Nigeria, for the benefit of a political party in Nigeria, leaving the vehicle in the hotel parking lot until the . . . Official caused the money to be removed."

Last month, KBR pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It agreed with the DOJ to pay a $402 million fine. KBR and its former parent company, Halliburton Company, also agreed to pay $177 million in disgorgement to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle the FCPA offenses. KBR's former CEO, Albert "Jack" Stanley, pleaded guilty in September 2008 to conspiring to violate the FCPA and to mail and wire fraud charges. He has been cooperating with prosecutors. His sentencing is now scheduled for Aug. 27, 2009.

The DOJ said it had help in the case from "authorities in France, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, including in particular the Serious Fraud Office’s Anti-Corruption Unit, the London Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police."

The indictment against Tesler and Chodan contains only FCPA charges. Usually the DOJ adds other criminal counts, such as money-laundering, mail and wire fraud. Relying strictly on alleged antibribery offenses will test the jurisdictional reach of the FCPA over foreign citizens who apparently were not in the U.S. at any times relevant to the charged conduct.

The FCPA asserts jurisdiction over foreign companies and nationals that take any act in furtherance of a corrupt payment while within the territory of the United States. See §78dd-3(a), (f)(1). This part of the FCPA is untested in court, but the DOJ interprets it expansively as conferring jurisdiction whenever a foreign company or national acting as an agent of an issuer or domestic concern causes an act to be done within the territory of the United States. (See the United States Attorneys' Manual, Title 9, Criminal Resource Manual §1018 “Prohibited Foreign Corrupt Practices” here.) The indictment says Tesler and Chodan were agents of KBR and sent some of the bribe money through U.S. bank accounts.

Another unusual aspect of the indictment is the use of the forfeiture remedy against Tesler and Chodan. (See 28 USC Section 2461, and Title 18 USC Section 981 (a)(l )(C), "all property, real and personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the violations.") The U.S. government says it wants the entire $132 million that KBR transferred to Tesler's Gibraltar company or the property derived from it. The DOJ apparently isn't distinguishing the KBR money Tesler allegedly paid out in bribes from amounts he may have kept.

Jeffrey Tesler was identified in KBR's 2007 annual report. British and French authorities investigated him two years ago but didn't file any charges. In 2007, British authorities searched his London office at the request of U.S. officials. He is listed as a consultant to a small North London law firm called Kaye Tesler & Co. Among other things, the firm offers anti-money laundering training. 

As the Justice Department says: Criminal indictments are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The DOJ's March 5, 2009 release can be downloaded here.

The federal grand jury's February 17, 2009 indictment of Jeffrey Tesler and Wojciech Chodan can be downloaded here.

KBR Nears Final Plea Deal

A criminal information filed in federal court in Houston on Friday shows that Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC, the Houston-based global engineering and construction firm that was once part of Halliburton, will plead guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. KBR may appear in court next week. The information refers to a plea agreement that has not yet been released by the Justice Department. The Houston Chronicle and the AP have reports.

The criminal information, according to the reports, indicates that the government has agreed to a $402 million fine, payable in installments, beginning with a $52 million payment five days after sentencing, and seven $50 million installments, each due on the first day of each quarter beginning April 1. Under federal sentencing guidelines, the fine range was between $376.8 million and $753.6 million.

Two weeks ago, KBR's former parent, Halliburton, said a settlement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission was waiting for the DOJ's final approval. It said it had reserved $559 million for the proposed settlements. Halliburton is obligated under indemnity agreements to pay fines and penalties on behalf of KBR. It said in the release that it would "pay $382 million [to the DOJ] on behalf of KBR in eight installments over the next two years. Pursuant to the terms of the prospective settlement with the SEC, Halliburton would agree to be jointly and severally liable with KBR for and, as a result of the indemnity, to pay to the SEC $177 million in disgorgement."

In September 2008, Albert “Jack” Stanley, 65, a former chairman and CEO of KBR, pleaded guilty to a two-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. His final sentencing is set for May this year. Under his plea agreement, he faces up to seven years in prison and a restitution payment of $10.8 million.

From 1995 to 2004, Stanley helped a joint venture that included KBR and its predecessors funnel $182 million in bribes to government officials in Nigeria. The bribes were paid in exchange for contracts worth $6 billion to build liquefied natural gas facilities there. KBR's 2007 Annual Report (its most recent) described a joint venture called TSKJ "formed to design and construct large-scale projects in Nigeria. TSKJ's members are Technip, SA of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V., which is a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy, JGC [of Japan] and us, each of which has a 25% interest. TSKJ has completed five LNG production facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria . . . ."

Jack Stanley was a senior vice president of Dresser Industries, Inc. when it merged into Halliburton in September 1998. Dresser's wholly-owned construction subsidiary, Kellogg, was combined with Halliburton's construction subsidiary, Brown & Root, Inc., to form KBR. In November 2006, Halliburton spun KBR off and it became a separate publicly-traded company. Former Vice President Dick Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive from 1995 to 2000.

Why did Halliburton, and not KBR, first announce the proposed settlements with the DOJ and SEC two weeks ago? Under the indemnity in their agreement for KBR's spin off, known as the master separation agreement, Halliburton calls the shots on most FCPA-related matters. Here's what KBR said about that in the 2007 Annual Report:

As part of the master separation agreement, Halliburton has agreed to indemnify us for certain FCPA Matters, but we had to agree that Halliburton will, in its sole discretion, have and maintain control over the investigation, defense and / or settlement of FCPA Matters until such time, if any, that we exercise our right to assume control of the investigation, defense and /or settlement of FCPA Matters. We have also agreed, at Halliburton’s expense, to assist with Halliburton’s full cooperation with any governmental authority in Halliburton’s investigation of FCPA Matters and its investigation, defense and/or settlement of any claim made by a governmental authority or court relating to FCPA Matters, in each case even if we assume control of FCPA Matters.

Halliburton said in its release two weeks ago that it gave KBR the indemnity "[t]o enhance KBR's financial stability and solvency, making possible the separation of KBR . . . ."

KBR, Inc. trades on the NYSE under the symbol KBR.

Halliburton Company trades on the NYSE under the symbol HAL.

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Ex-KBR Boss Pleads Guilty

The Justice Department said today that Albert “Jack” Stanley, 65, a former chairman and CEO of KBR, the global engineering and construction firm based in Houston, pleaded guilty to a two-count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He appeared in U.S. District Court in his hometown of Houston before U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison.

From 1995 to 2004, Stanley helped a joint venture that included KBR and its predecessors funnel $182 million in bribes to government officials in Nigeria. The bribes were paid in exchange for contracts worth $6 billion to build liquefied natural gas facilities there. Stanley and others met with high-ranking Nigerian government officials and their representatives at least four times to arrange the bribe payments. He also received $10.8 million in kickbacks from a consultant hired in connection with LNG projects around the world.

Under the plea deal accepted by the court, Stanley faces seven years in prison and a restitution payment of $10.8 million. A sentencing date hasn't been set. Criminal violations of the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions are punishable by five years in prison, and criminal violations of the accounting provisions by 20 years in jail. As part of his plea agreement, Stanley agreed to cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the ongoing investigations. The DOJ said it gathered evidence abroad and was helped by authorities in France, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

In a related civil enforcement proceeding, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Stanley has consented to a final judgment permanently enjoining him from violating the anti-bribery, record-keeping and internal control provisions of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Sections 30A and 13(b)(5) and Rule 13b2-1).

Stanley was a senior vice president of Dresser Industries, Inc. when it merged into Halliburton in September 1998. Dresser's wholly-owned construction subsidiary, Kellogg, was combined with Halliburton's construction subsidiary, Brown & Root, Inc., to form KBR. Stanley became CEO of KBR and was named chairman in 2001. He was fired in June 2004. In November 2006, Halliburton spun KBR off and it became a separate publicly-traded company. Vice President Dick Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive from 1995 to 2000.

KBR's 2007 annual report describes a joint venture called TSKJ "formed to design and construct large-scale projects in Nigeria. TSKJ's members are Technip, SA of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V., which is a subsidiary of Saipem SpA of Italy, JGC [of Japan] and us, each of which has a 25% interest. TSKJ has completed five LNG production facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria and is nearing completion on a sixth such facility."

As KBR's senior representative in TSKJ, Stanley authorized the hiring of an agent in the U.K. and another in Japan to pay bribes to various Nigerian government officials, and concealed the payments. The SEC's complaint said,

In numerous Dresser, Halliburton and KBR company records, Stanley and others falsely characterized the payments to the UK Agent and the Japanese Agent as legitimate “consulting” or “services” fees when, in fact, Stanley knew they were bribes. For example, Stanley authorized entering into contracts with the UK Agent and the Japanese Agent that he knew falsely described the purpose of the contracts in order to make it appear that the agents would perform legitimate services. Stanley and others also prepared for approval internal company bid documents for the LNG Trains that mischaracterized the bribe payments as legitimate expenses. In addition, certain records falsified by Stanley were used in the companies’ due diligence process for approving use of the UK Agent.

KBR's 2007 annual report added these details:

In connection with the Bonny Island project, TSKJ entered into a series of agency agreements, including with Tri-Star Investments, of which Jeffrey Tesler is a principal, commencing in 1995 and a series of subcontracts with a Japanese trading company commencing in 1996. We understand that a French magistrate has officially placed Mr. Tesler under investigation for corruption of a foreign public official. . . .

Our representatives have met with the French magistrate and Nigerian officials. In October 2004, representatives of TSKJ voluntarily testified before the Nigerian legislative committee. Halliburton notified the other owners of TSKJ of information provided by the investigations and asked each of them to conduct their own investigation. . . .

In June 2004, all relationships with Mr. Stanley and another consultant and former employee of M.W. Kellogg Limited were terminated. The terminations occurred because of violations of Halliburton's Code of Business Conduct that allegedly involved the receipt of improper personal benefits from Mr. Tesler in connection with TSKJ's construction of the Bonny Island project.

Jeffrey Tesler, the Tri-Star Investments principal referred to in the annual report (called "the UK Agent" by the SEC), is a 60-year old lawyer in a small North London law firm called Kaye Tesler & Co.

KBR employs 52,000 people worldwide. Revenue last year was about $8.7 billion. According to its website, "not only is KBR the largest contractor for the United States Army and a top-ten contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, it is currently the world’s largest defense services provider. "

KBR, Inc. trades on the NYSE under the symbol KBR.

Halliburton Company trades on the NYSE under the symbol HAL.

View the plea agreement here.

View the DOJ's Sept. 3, 3008 release here.

View SEC Litigation Release No. 20700 and Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 2871 (Sept. 3, 2008) here.

View the SEC's Civil Complaint Securities and Exchange Commission v. Albert Jackson Stanley, 08-CV-02680, S.D. Tex. (Houston) here.

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