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Stephen Martin would often tell the story about when he was a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor and a company would come in and claim they spent all the money they could on their corporate compliance program. Martin would then ask, “How much did you spend last year on Post-It Notes?” The answer was always four to five times the amount of their annual compliance budget. This immediately put the company back on its heels and would set the tone for rest of the negotiations. The bottom line was that the company viewed Post-It Notes as more business critical than a corporate compliance program.
US Department Of Justice: Two Bank Executives Charged For Conspiring To Launder Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Through U.S. Financial System In Connection With Odebrecht Bribery And Fraud Scheme Date
25/05/2021
An Austrian man was arrested today in the United Kingdom on criminal charges related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through the U.S. financial system as part of a scheme to pay bribes around the world and defraud the Brazilian government.
The indictment unsealed today was previously returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, and charges Peter Weinzierl, 55, and Alexander Waldstein, 73, both of Austria, for their role in a massive money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate. Weinzierl was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to a provisional arrest request from the United States. Waldstein remains at large.
May 25, 2021 - 9:19 AM
CALGARY - A decade-old corruption case involving a Canadian junior oil company that bribed officials in Chad to try to gain access to oil plays in the north-central African nation is making news again.
The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against Chadâs former ambassador to the United States and Canada and Chadâs former deputy chief of mission for the U.S. and Canada, charging them with soliciting and accepting a $2-million bribe and conspiring to launder the bribe payment.
According to court documents, Mahamoud Adam Bechir and Youssouf Hamid Takane, respectively, engaged in the scheme between August 2009 and July 2014, while serving as diplomats based out of the Embassy of Chad in Washington