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The FCPA Repeat Offender Club Welcomes Tenaris

By on June 3, 2022 in 2022 Enforcement Action, Brazil, Foreign Issuers, Oil and Gas Industry, SEC Enforcement Action, Tenaris
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In 2011, Tenaris S.A. (a company headquartered in Luxembourg with American Depository Receipts listed on the New York Stock Exchange) resolved an approximate $9 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action regarding conduct in Uzbekistan (see here for the prior post).

For several years, Tenaris has been under scrutiny for its relationship with Petrobras in Brazil and in October 2016 the company “voluntarily notified” the SEC and DOJ. (See here).

Yesterday, the FCPA Repeat Offender Club welcomed Tenaris to its growing membership as the SEC announced an approximate $78.1 million enforcement action against the company.

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Glencore Resolves An Approximately $443 Million Net FCPA Enforcement Action

By on May 25, 2022 in 2022 Enforcement Action, Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, DOJ Enforcement Action, Equatorial Guinea, Foreign Non-Issuer Company, Glencore, Ivory Coast, Monitor, Nigeria, Oil and Gas Industry, Permits / Licenses / Customs / Tax, Third Parties, Venezuela
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In mid-2018 Glencore (a commodities company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Switzerland disclosed that it was under scrutiny by the DOJ. (See here for the prior post).

Specifically, the company disclosed:

“Glencore Ltd, a subsidiary of Glencore plc, has received a subpoena dated 2 July, 2018 from the US Department of Justice to produce documents and other records with respect to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and United States money laundering statutes.  The requested documents relate to the Glencore Group’s business in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela from 2007 to present. Glencore is reviewing the subpoena and will provide further information in due course as appropriate.”

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Petrofac Resolves Bribery Act Enforcement Action

By on October 5, 2021 in 2021 Enforcement Actions, Iraq, Oil and Gas Industry, Petrofac, Saudi Arabia, Serious Fraud Office, SFO, Unaoil, United Arab Emirates
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Petrofac (a U.K. based oil and gas company with ADRs registered with the SEC) has been under scrutiny since 2016 regarding its relationship with Unaoil. (See here for the prior post).

In 2019, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced that David Lufkin (the former Global Head of Sales for Petrofac International Ltd.) pleaded guilty to eleven counts of bribery related to “the making of corrupt offers to influence the award of contracts to Petrofac worth in excess of USD $730 million in Iraq and in excess of USD $3.5 billion in Saudi Arabia.” (See here).

Recently, the SFO announced that it has “secured the conviction of Petrofac Limited for seven separate counts of failure to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017.”

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Same General Script, As DOJ Charges Individual In Connection With Alleged Bribes In Venezuela

By on August 5, 2021 in 2021 Enforcement Actions, DOJ Enforcement Action, Food Industry, Individual Enforcement Action, Naman Wakil, Oil and Gas Industry, Venezuela
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You have likely read the script many times in the last several years.

An individual associated with small privately-held companies does business in Venezuela and paid alleged bribes (and/or laundered money) in connection with the bribery scheme.

The script repeated itself yesterday as the DOJ announced that Naman Wakil (pictured), a Syrian national and U.S. lawful permanent resident, was “arrested in Miami on charges related to his alleged role in a scheme to bribe Venezuelan officials and launder funds to obtain contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), and Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled food company that purchased food for Venezuela, Corporación de Abastecimiento y Servicios Agrícola (CASA).”

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Former Glencore Trader Pleads Guilty To FCPA And Related Offense

By on July 27, 2021 in 2021 Enforcement Actions, Anthony Stimler, DOJ Enforcement Action, Foreign Nationals, Glencore, Individual Enforcement Action, Nigeria, Oil and Gas Industry
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As highlighted in this prior post, for approximately two years Glencore (a commodities company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Switzerland with common stock that trades on the New York based over-the-counter market) has been under scrutiny for conduct in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela (as well as perhaps other countries).

Earlier this week Anthony Stimler pleaded guilty to FCPA and money laundering offenses. Stimler is described as a United Kingdom citizen and resident who was a trader at a Glencore subsidiary who worked on the West Africa desk from in or around 2002 until in or around 2009 and then again from in or around June 2011 until in or around August 2019. According to the DOJ “In that role, Stimler had responsibility for crude oil purchases from, among other places, Nigeria, and acted on behalf of Company 1 [Glencore] in procuring crude oil from Nigeria.”

In summary fashion, the criminal information alleges:

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