瑞士贸易巨头为解决FCPA违规行为支付了超过1.35亿美元
总部位于日内瓦的Vitol集团美国分公司Vitol Inc.
与司法部达成了延期起诉协议，以解决两项指控，
它共谋贿赂了巴西，厄瓜多尔和墨西哥的官员，从而违反了FCPA的反贿赂规定。
作为三年DPA的一部分，司法部
处以总计1.35亿美元的刑事罚款，但同意贷记Vitol将支付给巴西MinistérioPúblicoFederal的4,500万美元。
Between 2005 and 2014, Vitol and its co-conspirators
paid more than $8 million in bribes to at least four officials at Brazil’s state-owned and controlled oil company Petrobras.
Vitol paid the bribes in exchange for confidential Petrobras pricing and competitor information, the DOJ said.
Vitol admitted that from 2011 to 2014,
it bribed at least five other Petrobras officials in exchange for receiving confidential pricing information that was used to win fuel oil contracts with Petrobras.
A consultant acting on behalf of Vitol
used “back-channel negotiations” with a Houston-based Petrobras official, the DOJ said.
Vitol also admitted to a second conspiracy to bribe officials in Ecuador and Mexico between 2015 and 2020
to obtain and retain business in connection with the purchase and sale of oil products.
The company paid more than $2 million in bribes as part of the scheme, the DOJ said.
The FCPA Blog
https://fcpablog.com/2020/12/03/swiss-energy-trader-pays-over-135-million-to-resolve-fcpa-offenses/
Vitol Inc. Agrees to Pay over $135 Million to Resolve Foreign Bribery Case | OPA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/vitol-inc-agrees-pay-over-135-million-resolve-foreign-bribery-case