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Fined Scoular $10.2M, but Its DPA Buries the Cartel Line

DOJ's cartel line about Scoular's $10.2M FCPA deal appears once in a 52-page document, copy-pasted straight from the press release.

Legal Jul 27, 2026

Ex-Goldman Banker Berko Faces Trial Over Ghana Bribes

A civil settlement didn't end it: the SEC's $329K deal with an ex-Goldman banker gave way to a criminal FCPA trial five years later.

Legal Jul 21, 2026

Sentenced: Alvelais Gets 18 Months, Scoular Pays $10M

A Texas federal judge sent Scoular's bribe-paying customs broker to prison for 18 months, days after the company's $10M deal went public.

Legal Jul 14, 2026

Ordered: iSun Execs to Pay SEC $463,000

Three former iSun officers quietly put their spouses on payroll using PPP loan funds, and the SEC made all three pay six figures for it.

Legal May 14, 2026

Jho Low, Still Fugitive, Files 1MDB Pardon Bid

Jho Low, the 1MDB fugitive charged in the largest-ever FCPA case, petitioned DOJ for a pardon while his co-defendants serve prison time.

Legal Apr 29, 2026

Arrested in Patagonia, Stericycle Finance Chief Faces June 1 FCPA Trial

DOJ charged Abraham Cigarroa Cervantes, former finance director of Stericycle's Latin America division, with two counts of conspiracy under the Foreign…

Legal Apr 21, 2026

Zaglin Drops New Trial Motion, 8-Year FCPA Sentence Stands

Carl Zaglin, convicted of FCPA violations in the Southern District of Florida, has withdrawn his Second Motion for a New Trial — quietly collapsing a bid…

Legal Apr 16, 2026

Judge Orders Drillmec VP to Forfeit $1,019,757 in PEMEX Bribery Case

Judge David Hittner in the Southern District of Texas ordered Diego Bergonzi to forfeit $1,019,757 earlier this week, the exact proceeds Bergonzi pocketed…

Legal Apr 16, 2026

Judges Dismissed 5 FCPA Cases Over DOJ Misconduct in 26 Trials

Judge Howard Matz called it "an unusual and extreme picture of a prosecution gone badly awry.

Legal Apr 15, 2026

Seventh Circuit Frees 2 ComEd Execs, Orders New Trial

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ordered two former Commonwealth Edison executives released from federal prison hours after oral arguments on the FCPA's…

Legal Apr 15, 2026

Cleared: Judge Hoyt Acquits Rovirosa in FCPA's 4th Post-Trial Win

Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the FCPA indictment against Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez…