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Ex-Alstom executive’s bribery ties are plain, DOJ tells jury

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Published on: 29 October 2019
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Law360, London: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) began a keenly anticipated bribery trial on Monday, 28 October 2019 against a former Alstom executive accused of coordinating payoffs to Indonesian officials for a US$118m power project, telling a jury he personally chose at least one ‘bag man’ and deserves conviction under an expansive, but rarely tested, reading of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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