As highlighted in this prior post, in October 2019, the DOJ announced that Cyrus Ahsani and Saman Ahsani (the former CEO and Chief Operations Officer of Monaco-based Unaoil) pleaded guilty in March 2019 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries.
The DOJ also announced that Steven Hunter (a former business development manager at Unaoil) pleaded guilty in August 2018 to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.
As noted in the DOJ’s release, the Ahsanis are scheduled to be sentenced in April 2020 and Hunter is scheduled to be sentenced in March 2020.
However, sentencing has yet to occur.
According to court dockets, sentencing of Cyrus Ahsani and Saman Ahsani was pushed back until October 2020, then February 2021, then September 2021, then December 2021, then June 2022, and is now scheduled for December 2022. Each time sentencing has been delayed, there are sealed filings on the court docket.
According to court dockets, sentencing of Hunter was pushed back until October 2020, then January 2021, then May 2021, then September 2021, then December 2021, then July 2022, and is now scheduled for December 2022. Each time sentencing has been delayed, there are sealed filings on the court docket.
