U.S. Indicts Oil Trader for Bribery and Money Laundering on Payments to Ecuadorian Officials

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
10
Abstract: 

                On September 22, 2020, a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York indicted a trader at the U.S. subsidiary of a multinational oil distributor and trading company (Trading Company) for his alleged participation in a five-year international bribery and money laundering scheme involving corrupt payments to Ecuadorian officials.[1]



[1]    U.S. Department of Justice, Oil Trader Indicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Corrupt Payments to Ecuadorian Officials, Press Rel. No. 20-984, Sept. 22, 2020.