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Botched FCPA Defense May Taint Conviction, 1st Circ. Hints
Law360 (April 7, 2021, 4:24 PM EDT) The First Circuit on Wednesday suggested that an attorney trying his first case may have botched it badly enough to taint a retired Army colonel s bribery conviction, but seemed skeptical that the lawyer s performance also tilted the scales for an alleged co-conspirator.
The three-judge panel heard the appeal of federal prosecutors seeking to reinstate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Travel Act conspiracy convictions for Joseph Baptiste, a retired U.S. Army colonel and Maryland dentist, and Richard Boncy, a lawyer and dual citizen of Haiti and the United States.
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By Julie DiMauro2021-04-06T15:49:00+01:00
“I developed a brand-new compliance program at a global business that was dusting itself off from foreign bribery resolutions, and yet I still felt like I didn’t and couldn’t do enough,” Michaela Ahlberg told the audience at Compliance Week’s “Financial Crimes Risks, Trends, and Proven Practices” virtual conference last week.
Ahlberg created a compliance program from scratch when she was hired in 2013 by Swedish telecommunications firm Telia (then known as TeliaSonera) following allegations of corruption in its foreign business dealings.
She gained unusually direct access to the board and involvement with the legal team as it negotiated with U.S. regulators in a case eventually settled by Telia with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ), plus Swedish authorities.