Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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.