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By on July 29, 2020 in Basil Al Jarah, Edward Thiessen, FCPA Sentences, Och-Ziff Capital, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Restitution, Sculptor Capital Management, Serious Fraud Office, SFO, Stephen Whiteley, Unaoil, United Kingdom, Victims, Ziad Akle
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As highlighted in prior posts here and here in 2016 hedge fund Och-Ziff resolved a $412 million Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action concerning improper business practices in various African countries.

As highlighted in this 2018 post, former shareholders of Canadian mining company Africo Resources Ltd. (“Claimants”) sough restitution pursuant to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act for losses allegedly incurred as a result of Och-Ziff’s bribery of corrupt officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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SBM Offshore Resolves $238 Million FCPA Enforcement Action

By on November 29, 2017 in 2017 Enforcement Actions, Angola, Anything of Value, Brazil, DOJ Enforcement Action, Equitorial Guinea, Foreign Non-Issuer Company, Hiring Family Members of Foreign Officials, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oil and Gas Industry, Paul Bond, SBM Offshore, Serious Fraud Office, Stephen Whiteley, Third Parties, Travel and Entertainment, Unaoil, United Kingdom, Voluntary Disclosure
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As highlighted in this prior post, in 2014 Netherlands-based SBM Offshore resolved a $240 million Dutch law enforcement action alleging improper payments to sales agents and foreign government officials in Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Brazil between 2007 through 2011. In connection with this action, the company disclosed: ““the United States Department of Justice has informed SBM Offshore that it is not prosecuting the Company and has closed its inquiry into the matter.”

Fast forward to earlier this month when, as highlighted in this prior post, the DOJ announced resolution of criminal charges against former SBM Offshore executive Anthony Mace and Robert Zubiate for their roles in a scheme to bribe foreign government officials in Brazil, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

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