Tag: FCPA
Plea in Major FCPA Case Raises Entrapment Issues
Government informant Richard Bistrong’s recent guilty plea to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges will probably fuel arguments that defendants in the largest-ever FCPA case were entrapped. While those arguments may not succeed, they do have merit. Best known as “Individual 1” in the so-called Africa Sting case, Bistrong helped the FBI build the single… Read More
Defense Wants Information on Informant in Dramatic FCPA White-Collar Sting Case
January 2010 saw the dramatic arrests of 22 individuals in the military and law enforcement equipment industry – in several companies and at various levels of responsibility – for alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations involving payments to an alleged sales agent for an unnamed African nation, later identified as Gabon. The arrests took place… Read More
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