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When Will The Unaoil FCPA Defendants Be Sentenced?

By on August 10, 2022 in Cyrus Ahsani, FCPA Sentences, Saman Ahsani, Steven Hunter
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As highlighted in this prior post, in October 2019, the DOJ announced that Cyrus Ahsani and Saman Ahsani (the former CEO and Chief Operations Officer of Monaco-based Unaoil) pleaded guilty in March 2019 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries.

The DOJ also announced that Steven Hunter (a former business development manager at Unaoil) pleaded guilty in August 2018 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.

As noted in the DOJ’s release, the Ahsanis are scheduled to be sentenced in April 2020 and Hunter is scheduled to be sentenced in March 2020.

However, sentencing has yet to occur.

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DOJ Announces Guilty Pleas By Former Unaoil Executives

By on October 31, 2019 in 2019 Enforcement Actions, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Congo, Cyrus Ahsani, DOJ Enforcement Action, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Official, Foreign Officials, Gaining Access to Confidential Documents, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Oil and Gas Industry, Saman Ahsani, Steven Hunter, Syria, Unaoil, Uncategorized
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Yesterday, the DOJ announced that Cyrus Ahsani and Saman Ahsani (the former CEO and Chief Operations Officer of Monaco-based Unaoil) pleaded guilty in March 2019 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries. The DOJ also announced that Steven Hunter (a former business development manager at Unaoil) pleaded guilty in August 2018 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.

Prior Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions against Rolls-Royce and SBM Offshore (see here and here) involved, in whole or in part, Unaoil and the Ahsani information refers to approximately 25 other companies including approximately ten U.S. based issuers. Thus, it is likely that additional FCPA enforcement actions involving, in whole or in part, Unaoil will be forthcoming.

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