A guest post today from Owen Hawkes, a partner in KPMG’s forensic practice in Singapore.
Professor Koehler’s recent post “When A Government Customer Does Not Pay” examines FCPA enforcement actions where payments were made to foreign officials to expedite the receipt of liabilities from governments.
The post brought to mind a recording quoted in the media coverage of PT MAXpower Group (“MAXpower”), an Indonesian-based gas-fired power plant operator, which was alleged to have made corrupt payments to officials in Indonesia. The quote, from a recording of a meeting of Directors in 2015, reads:
