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The Utility Official's Ferrari

United States v. Aguilar (2011)

Charge: Conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and substantive FCPA bribery countsCourt: U.S. District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaState: CaliforniaDocket: Greasing Palms

The facts

A small company that makes electrical equipment, and its two top executives, are accused of bribing officials at a foreign government-owned power utility to win business. Prosecutors say the money went through a sales agent's firm, disguised as commissions, and paid for a sports car, a yacht and credit-card bills for one official. The defence says the commissions were legitimate. There is also a fight about how the case was built: the defence says an agent gave false testimony to the grand jury and that prosecutors withheld evidence and misled the court.

You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.

Citation: United States v. Aguilar, 831 F. Supp. 2d 1180 (C.D. Cal. 2011)

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