https://www.justice.gov/ en https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-venezuelan-military-official-sentenced-money-laundering-and-bribery-scheme A former officer in the Venezuelan National Guard was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for participating in a money laundering scheme that involved bribes to foreign officials and defrauding foreign financial institutions. Thu, 23 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-venezuelan-military-official-sentenced-money-laundering-and-bribery-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-comptroller-general-ecuador-convicted-10m-international-bribery-and-money-laundering A federal jury in Miami convicted the former Comptroller General of Ecuador yesterday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international bribery and money laundering scheme. Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-comptroller-general-ecuador-convicted-10m-international-bribery-and-money-laundering https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/criminal-divisions-voluntary-self-disclosures-pilot-program-individuals Combating corporate crime is one of the Criminal Division’s top priorities. We are focused on identifying the most serious misconduct and holding wrongdoers accountable. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/criminal-divisions-voluntary-self-disclosures-pilot-program-individuals https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-fugitive-sentenced-laundering-15m-embezzled-kuwaiti-embassy A Virginia man was sentenced today to three years in prison for laundering money he and others embezzled from the Health Office of the Embassy of Kuwait in Washington, D.C. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-fugitive-sentenced-laundering-15m-embezzled-kuwaiti-embassy https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-seeks-forfeiture-14-million-manhattan-apartments-purchased-proceeds The Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleging that two apartments located in New York City were purchased for $14 million with the proceeds from an international corruption scheme and are subject to forfeiture based on violations of federal money laundering statutes. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-seeks-forfeiture-14-million-manhattan-apartments-purchased-proceeds https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-finance-director-charged-role-10m-foreign-bribery-scheme A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment today charging a former finance director of the Latin America division of Stericycle Inc., an international waste management company headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, for his role in an alleged scheme to pay over $10 million in bribes to foreign officials in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-finance-director-charged-role-10m-foreign-bribery-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-us-justice-department-senior-officials-trip-london-join-foreign-partners-advancing Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-us-justice-department-senior-officials-trip-london-join-foreign-partners-advancing https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-keynote-speech-american Thank you, Maggie, for that kind introduction. And thank you to the American Bar Association for inviting me to speak today. It’s an honor to be joined by so many prominent leaders of the white collar bar and the corporate compliance community. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-keynote-speech-american https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-venezuelan-military-official-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-and-bribery-scheme A former Venezuelan National Guard major pleaded guilty today to a money laundering scheme involving bribes to foreign officials and defrauding foreign financial institutions.     Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-venezuelan-military-official-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-and-bribery-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/commodities-trading-company-will-pay-over-661m-resolve-foreign-bribery-case Gunvor S.A. (Gunvor), an international commodities trading company based in Switzerland, has pleaded guilty and will pay over $661 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/commodities-trading-company-will-pay-over-661m-resolve-foreign-bribery-case https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-oil-and-gas-trader-convicted-role-foreign-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted an oil and gas trader today for his role in a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean and Mexican government officials and to launder money to secure contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars for his then-employer, Vitol Inc. (Vitol), the U.S. affiliate of the largest independent energy trading firm in the world. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-oil-and-gas-trader-convicted-role-foreign-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/task-force-kleptocapture-announces-array-new-charges-arrests-and-forfeiture-proceedings Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/task-force-kleptocapture-announces-array-new-charges-arrests-and-forfeiture-proceedings https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/task-force-kleptocapture-announces-array-new-charges-arrests-and-forfeiture-proceedings From the outset of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Department of Justice has prioritized enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures that the United States has imposed alongside our global partners. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/task-force-kleptocapture-announces-array-new-charges-arrests-and-forfeiture-proceedings https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-transfers-approximately-500000-forfeited-russian-funds-estonia-benefit Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Estonian Secretary General Tõnis Saar announced today at the Munich Security Conference the transfer of nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds for the purpose of providing aid to Ukraine. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-transfers-approximately-500000-forfeited-russian-funds-estonia-benefit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sap-pay-over-220m-resolve-foreign-bribery-investigations SAP SE (SAP), a publicly traded global software company based in Germany, will pay over $220 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sap-pay-over-220m-resolve-foreign-bribery-investigations https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/prominent-lobbyist-and-political-consultant-agree-deferred-prosecution-fara-violations A Virginia lobbyist and a New Jersey political consultant have entered into Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related offenses. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/prominent-lobbyist-and-political-consultant-agree-deferred-prosecution-fara-violations https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-charged-international-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme A five-count indictment was unsealed on Wednesday charging a Georgia businessman, a former Honduran government official, and a former Florida resident for their alleged participation in an international scheme to pay and conceal bribes to Honduran government officials to secure contracts to provide uniforms and other goods to the Honduran National Police.  Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-charged-international-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-departments-justice-and-homeland-security-assessing-impact-foreign-0 The Department of Justice, including the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), released today a report with key findings and recommendations from a classified joint report to the President issued earlier this year on addressing the impact of foreign governments and their agents on the security and integrity of the infrastructure relied upon in the 2022 U.S. federal elections. Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-departments-justice-and-homeland-security-assessing-impact-foreign-0 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/commodities-trading-company-agrees-pay-over-98m-resolve-foreign-bribery-case Freepoint Commodities LLC (Freepoint), a commodities trading company based in Stamford, Connecticut, has agreed to pay over $98 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stemming from the company’s involvement in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian government officials.  Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/commodities-trading-company-agrees-pay-over-98m-resolve-foreign-bribery-case https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-kevin-driscoll-delivers-remarks-global-forum-asset Thank you for that kind introduction. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-kevin-driscoll-delivers-remarks-global-forum-asset https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-keynote-address-40th Thank you so much for having me here today. This event brings together the foremost experts on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). We have in this room federal prosecutors, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement attorneys, outside counsel, in-house counsel, chief compliance officers, and more — all of whom know the ins and outs of this specialized area of the law. It’s a privilege to be able to address such a sophisticated and knowledgeable group. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-keynote-address-40th https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/british-reinsurance-brokers-resolve-bribery-investigations Tysers Insurance Brokers Limited (Tysers) and H.W. Wood Limited (H.W. Wood), two U.K.-based reinsurance brokers, have agreed to resolve investigations by the Justice Department into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising from Tysers’ and H.W. Wood’s participation in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to Ecuadorian government officials.  Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/british-reinsurance-brokers-resolve-bribery-investigations https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-remarks-american-bar Thank you for the kind introduction. It’s an honor to be with you all, and I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss the important work the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division is doing day in and day out to combat white-collar crime both at home and internationally. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-remarks-american-bar https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/albemarle-pay-over-218m-resolve-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-investigation Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/albemarle-pay-over-218m-resolve-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-investigation https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/executive-charged-international-oil-and-gas-trading-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme A federal grand jury in the District of Connecticut returned a superseding indictment today charging a Connecticut-based oil and gas trader for his role in an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (Petrobras).   Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/executive-charged-international-oil-and-gas-trading-bribery-and-money-laundering-scheme