Earlier this week in the S.D. of Texas, this DOJ filed a criminal information against Alfonso Wilson alleging that he and others obtained and retained a December 2021 Contract with PEMEX for an Equipment Company through corrupt and fraudulent means, including by offering and paying bribes to a Foreign Official.
Wilson is described was a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico and a resident who owned and controlled an Intermediary Company and who had responsibilities for liaising with Foreign Official as an agent of Equipment Company in connection with obtaining the December 2021 Contract for Equipment Company.
According to this LinkedIn profile, Al Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer at Oil Technologies Consortium. Wilson’s LinkedIn profile indicates that between 1994 and 2006 he worked at PEMEX.
The Equipment Company (described as a company based in Texas) is believed to be Drillmec.
The Foreign Official is described as a senior executive at PEMEX Exploración y Producción (“PEP” – a wholly owned exploration and production subsidiary of PEMEX) between 2018 and 2021.
According to the Information, Equipment Company supplied equipment to PEMEX and other customers and in or around December 2021, PEMEX awarded Equipment Company a contract for approximately $540 million to supply equipment to PEMEX.
According to the Information, in or around 2020, Wilson and other co-conspirators agreed that Equipment Company would offer to pay Foreign Official millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for Foreign Official using his official position to assist Equipment Company obtain and retain business with PEMEX, including the December 2021 Contract. Subsequently, having agreed to do so with co-conspirators, Wilson, for the benefit of Equipment Company, offered a substantial amount in bribes to Foreign Official. The bribes would be paid to Foreign Official through” various intermediary companies.
According to the information, Wilson was paid a total of $415,800 in commissions in connection with the December 2021 Contract.
