As highlighted in this previous post, in 2013 Germany-based Bilfinger resolved a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action concerning conduct in Nigeria by agreeing to pay approximately $32 million. The enforcement action was resolved via a three-year deferred prosecution agreement and the company was required to engage a monitor for an 18 month period.
In September 2016, the DPA was extended because, in the words of the DOJ, of “the monitor’s inability to certify compliance with the compliance obligations in the 2013 Agreement after 18 months of monitorship.” In pertinent part the extended DPA stated:
