As highlighted here, in March the DOJ filed a criminal information against Alfonso Wilson (CEO of Oil Technologies Consortium) 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.
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.
Earlier this week, Wilson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions. Sentencing is set for for June 26, 2026.
A Sentencing Data Sheet on the court docket states the following.
- The amount of the corrupt payments that were actually paid was more than $1,500,000 but less than $3,500,000.
- The DOJ agrees to recommend to the Court and Probation Office that Wilson does not quality for an Aggravating Role enhancement and that the defendant is an average participant.
- The DOJ “agrees not to oppose the defendant’s request for acceptance of responsibility and to request an additional one level decrease for early acceptance.
- The defendant agrees that he received $383,896 and stipulates to a money judgement in that amount.
