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Article: Aibel Group Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Agrees to Pay $4.2 Million in Criminal Fines
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- November 21, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-
202-514-2007, TDD +1-202-514-1888
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aibel Group Ltd.
(Aibel Group), a United Kingdom corporation, today pleaded guilty to
violating the antibribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA), Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew
Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced.
At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes in the
Southern District of Texas, Aibel Group pleaded guilty to a two-
count superseding information charging a conspiracy to violate the
FCPA and a violation of the FCPA. At the same time, Aibel Group
admitted that it ...