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Jury Convicts Baptiste And Boncy

By Mike Koehler on June 24, 2019 in FCPA Trial, FCPA Trials, Haiti, Joseph Baptiste, Roger Boncy, Undercover Investigations

As highlighted in this previous post, in 2017 (in connection with an undercover string) the DOJ unsealed criminal charges against Joseph Baptiste (a retired U.S. Army Colonel, practicing dentist, and founder / president of a Maryland-based Haitian focused non-profit) for alleged Haitian bribery.

As highlighted in this previous post, in 2018 the DOJ added criminal charges against Roger Boncy in connection with the same core conduct.

Unlike most individual FCPA defendants, Baptiste and Boncy put the DOJ to its burden of proof. As indicated in this recent DOJ release after a two-week jury trial, a federal jury in Boston found Baptiste guilty of one count of violating the Travel Act and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and Boncy guilty of one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and the Travel Act.

Checking In On The Baptiste Enforcement Action

By Mike Koehler on April 29, 2019 in FCPA Trial, FCPA Trials, Joseph Baptiste, Undercover Investigations

As highlighted in this prior post, in August 2017, in connection with an undercover sting, the DOJ announced that Joseph Baptiste (pictured – a retired U.S. Army Colonel, practicing dentist, and former founder/president of a Maryland-based Haitian focused non-profit) was criminally charged “for his alleged role in a foreign bribery and money laundering scheme in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in Haiti.”

Baptiste’s trial is scheduled to begin in early June and this post checks in on the enforcement action.

Boncy Seeks Dismissal Of Indictment – Alleges That Government Destroyed Exculpatory Evidence

By Mike Koehler on April 17, 2019 in Cultural Issues, FCPA Trial, FCPA Trials, Joseph Baptiste, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Roger Boncy

As highlighted towards the end of this post, judicial findings of prosecutorial misconduct and other mishaps have been an all too frequent feature in contested individual FCPA enforcement actions.

In this recent filing, Richard Boncy (an individual added to the Haiti port project enforcement action in October 2018) moves to dismiss the indictment “on the basis that the Government has destroyed and otherwise failed to preserve evidence that would show he is innocent of all charges in indictment based on an alleged bribery scheme.”

DOJ Adds Additional Defendant To Haiti Port Project Case

By Mike Koehler on October 31, 2018 in 2018 Enforcement Actions, DOJ Enforcement Action, Haiti, Individual Enforcement Action, Joseph Baptiste, Roger Boncy

As highlighted here, in August 2017 (in connection with an undercover sting) the DOJ announced criminal charges against Joseph Baptiste (a retired U.S. Army Colonel, practicing dentist, and former founder/president of a Maryland-based Haitian focused non-profit) “for his alleged role in a foreign bribery and money laundering scheme in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in Haiti” in an area known as Mole Saint Nicolas.

With Baptiste’s trial set to begin in early December, the DOJ returned to the same alleged core conduct by announcing additional criminal charges against Roger Boncy (pictured – 74, a dual U.S. and Haitian citizen who resides in Madrid, Spain).

Friday Roundup

By Mike Koehler on October 6, 2017 in Amadeus Richers, Angola, Dirk Juergensen, Enforcement Agency Speeches, F.H. Bertling Ltd, FCPA Sentences, Frederic Pierucci, Internal Controls, ISO 37001, Joerg Blumberg, Jose Morreale, Joseph Baptiste, Lars Nyberg, Malcolm Harris, Marc Schweiger, PepsiCo, Peter Ferdinand, Ralf Peterson, Serious Fraud Office, Stephen Emler, TeliaSonera, Unaoil, United Kingdom

Interesting, more charges, sentenced, Telia-related, scrutiny alert, ISO-37001 related, across the pond, so true, odd, it can work, and for the reading stack. It’s all here in the Friday roundup.

Interesting

According to this Global Investigations Review report based on documents received through the FOIA process, the DOJ approved $711,800 to spend on Hui Chen’s former compliance consultant position over two years. According to the report, Chen’s salary at the DOJ was greater than the DOJ criminal division chief, the deputy attorney general and the attorney general.

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Jury Convicts Baptiste And Boncy

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Boncy Seeks Dismissal Of Indictment – Alleges That Government Destroyed Exculpatory Evidence

DOJ Adds Additional Defendant To Haiti Port Project Case

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