tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54817764660890411312024-03-13T16:59:23.146-05:00International Whistleblowers BlogInternational Whistleblower Rewards are being offered to International Whistleblowers that expose international bribery schemes, illegal kickbacks, and government corruption. Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the new SEC Whistleblower Incentive Program, whistleblowers with original and specialized knowledge and evidence of corporate bribery and illegal kickbacks are eligible to recover large economic awards.Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-25113176971475544912018-04-07T15:09:00.001-05:002018-04-07T15:09:21.308-05:00International Money Laundering Can Be The Basis for Large Bounty Actions and Other Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits That Can Pay Out Hundreds of Millions or Even Billions of Dollars by International Money Laundering Whistleblower Reward<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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International Money Laundering can be the basis of large whistleblower reward lawsuits including SEC bounty actions that pay large financial rewards to financial professionals who confidentially and properly expose large scale money laundering schemes and other financial fraud schemes. To learn more about confidentially exposing large money laundering schemes or other illegal financial schemes, please go to the following web pages: <a href="https://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/moneylaunderingwhistleblowerlawyer.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" target="_blank">Money Laundering Whistleblower Reward Lawyer</a>, <a href="https://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/whistleblowerrewardlawsuits.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" target="_blank">Whistleblower Reward Laws</a>, <a href="https://www.federalgovernmentcontractorfraud.com/federalfalseclaimsactamendments.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" target="_blank">Federal False Claims Act Information</a>, and <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/index.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" target="_blank">International Whistleblower Reward Information Center</a>.</div>
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It is estimated that over $1 Trillion is laundered globally each year.
This large about of money being laundered can create large financial
rewards for those that properly report specific types of money
laundering under whistleblower reward laws and bounty action laws
because many of these laws base the financial rewards on the amount of
money laundering identified and recovered. Financial professionals,
investors, and other high end whistleblowers that have original
knowledge or evidence of money laundering scheme are encouraged to
confidentially report through a lawyer. By confidentially and properly
reporting these money laundering schemes, the financial professional,
investor, or other high end whistleblower can earn large financial
rewards. An example of these rewards would be between $500 million to
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-30210549326047911752016-07-31T00:46:00.001-05:002016-07-31T00:46:43.679-05:00The Globalization of International Trade and Standardization of Anti-bribery and Corruption Laws Have Led to the Enactment of International Whistleblower Laws That Reward International Professionals for Anonymously Exposing Fraud <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u>The Globalization of International Trade and Standardization of Anti-bribery and Corruption Laws Have Led to the Enactment of International Whistleblower Laws That Reward International Professionals for Anonymously Exposing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations Including Illegal Bribes, Supply Chain Fraud, and Accounting Fraud</u></b></div>
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Through globalization of international trade, there has been a shift in
many international manufacturing supply chains. As such, raw material
supplies for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, medical equipment, electronics, and several other regulated products that have traditionally come from the United States and Europe are now
coming from China and India. This manufacturing shift has created an
environment where adulterated ingredients to pharmaceuticals, medical
supplies, and medical devices as well as counterfeit parts for weapons and electronics may be used in the manufacturing of products and can create dangerous and adulterated drugs, medical
supplies, and medical devices as well as dangerous and defective weapons, computers, aircraft, and vehicles.<br />
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For this reason international professionals are being offered large financial rewards to properly expose supply chain fraud including bribes, accounting fraud, and dangerous regulated products. Under SEC FCPA whistleblower reward laws, an international professional can report these Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violations anonymously through a lawyer to protect their identity and career from potential retaliation. <br />
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<b><u>The Globalization of the Pharmaceutical Industry</u></b></div>
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Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health
services including approximately $850 billion (US dollars) that is spent
in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications. In 2011, it is
estimated that global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by 5% to
7% to around $880 billion. This growth in sales is led by the 17
so-called "pharmerging countries," which include China, Brazil, Russia,
India, Venezuela, Poland and the Ukraine. These "pharmerging
countries", are forecast to see their pharmaceutical spending grow at a
15% to 17% rate in 2011, to between $170 billion and $180 billion
overall.<br />
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For more information on Globalization in the Pharmaceutical Industry, please go to the following web pages: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationaldrugsupplychainfraudwhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Globalization in the Pharmaceutical Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/chinafakeelectronicpartwhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Drug Company Bribe Whistleblowers</a>, and <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/chinesedoctorsexposedrugcompanybribes.htm" target="_blank">Doctors in China Are Needed to Expose Illegal Drug Bribes and Fraudulent Marketing Schemes</a>.<br />
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<b><u>The Globalization of Electronics, Weapons Systems, and Aircraft</u></b></div>
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Globalization of supply chains in international trade has created a
shift in where many component parts are produced. This shift includes
the production of electronic components that are used in aircraft,
military weapons systems, computers, medical equipment, and other
products that are purchased by the United States government through
procurement contracts. These electronic components were traditionally
manufactured in the United States and Europe, but are now being
manufactured in China, Mexico, India, and South America. When these
electronic components are fake or substandard parts, false
certifications regarding the quality of these electronic components can
be the subject of a Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Reward
Lawsuit. These lawsuits encourage whistleblowers including international
whistleblowers along the electronic component supply chain to blow the
whistle on fake military electronic components, low quality electronic
components, and other counterfeit electronic parts.<br />
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For more information on Globalization in the Electronics, Weapons Systems, and Aircraft, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/chinafakeelectronicpartwhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Globalization of Electronics, Weapons Systems, and Aircraft</a>.Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-39229840626014132842016-06-16T14:19:00.000-05:002016-06-16T14:19:03.300-05:00China Drug Company Bribe Scheme Whistleblowers Can Earn Large Financial Rewards By Confidentially Reporting Illegal Bribes Through a Lawyer To The SEC by China Drug Company Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>China Drug Company Bribe Scheme Whistleblowers Can Earn Large Financial Rewards By Confidentially Reporting Illegal Bribes Through a Lawyer To The SEC by China Drug Company Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</u></b></div>
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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the SEC Whistleblower
Incentive Program, whistleblowers with original and specialized
knowledge and evidence of corporate bribery and illegal kickbacks are
eligible to recover large economic awards. By gathering this evidence
and going through a lawyer, these whistleblowers can protect their
identity through the process and potentially collect large rewards of
10% to 30% of the monetary sanctions including disgorged funds. In cases where systematic bribery schemes have created large drug company revenues of over $1 billion USD, these rewards can be between $100 million USD and $300 million USD. For more information on this topic, please go to the following web pages: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/chinesedoctorsexposedrugcompanybribes.htm" target="_blank"><b>Chinese Doctors Are Needed to Expose Drug Bribery Schemes</b></a> and <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/exposedrugcompanybribes.htm" target="_blank"><b>Expose Drug Company Bribes and Earn Large Rewards</b></a>.<br />
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<b><u>The Chinese Drug Market Is The Target of Many Multinational Drug Companies</u></b> </div>
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The Chinese pharmaceutical market is one of the fastest growing drug markets in the world. To capitalize on this fast growing market several drug companies are offering illegal bribes and other incentives to Chinese doctors in order to increase drug sales in China. These illegal bribery schemes include paying Chinese doctors and Chinese health officials with gift cards, illegal trips, and slush funds to prescribe specific drugs and influence treatment guidelines.<br />
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Some of these bribery schemes are extremely complicated and involve systematic gifts given to doctors through accounting fraud and marketing fraud. Such marketing schemes are illegal under Chinese law and can be the basis for large SEC Bounty Action Rewards.<br />
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<b><u>China Drug Company Bribe Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer Helping Whistleblowers Report Fraud and Claim Rewards</u></b></div>
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Jason Coomer, who heads a law firm in Austin, Texas, has a Chinese
language website offering assistance to whistleblowers. His office and his co-counsel have received around 50 whistleblower reports from China in the last three years and are now taking eight cases forward to the SEC. <br />
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dollar contracts each year. The whistleblowers are insiders at the
corporations as well as doctors who have witnessed elaborate bribery schemes, he told
Reuters in on telephone interview from Texas. He declined to give
further details about the cases.<br />
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-14850773151495995392016-06-15T15:24:00.001-05:002016-06-15T15:26:48.057-05:00Chinese Doctors Can Confidentially Expose Drug Company Bribes and Earn Large Financial Rewards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>Chinese Doctors Can Confidentially Expose Drug Company Bribes and Earn Large Financial Rewards by China Drug Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer</u></b></div>
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Doctors and other medical professionals are being offered large financial rewards and whistleblower protections to expose drug company bribes, medical device company bribes, and medical supply company bribes. These whistleblower protections include being able to file a bounty action through an international whistleblower lawyer in order to protect the medical professional's identity. For more information on exposing illegal bribes and collecting large rewards, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/chinesedoctorsexposedrugcompanybribes.htm"><b>Chinese Doctors Can Confidentially Expose Drug Company Bribes</b></a>.<br />
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<b><u>Drug Company Bribes, Medical Device Company Bribes, and Medical Supply Company Bribes in China Can <br />
Be The Basis For Large Bounty Action Rewards</u></b></div>
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Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health services including approximately $850 billion (US dollars) that is spent in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications. In 2011, it is estimated that global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by 5% to<br />
7% to around $880 billion. This growth in sales is led by the 17 so-called "pharmerging countries," which include China, Brazil, Russia, India, Venezuela, Poland, and Ukraine. These "pharmerging countries", are forecast to see their pharmaceutical spending grow at a 15% to 17% rate in 2011, to between $170 billion and $180 billion overall.<br />
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It is estimated that approximately 10 to 25% of public health care procurement spending including drug contracts, medicine purchases, and pharmaceutical contracts are lost to corrupt and fraudulent acts. As such, there is an international movement to reward pharmaceutical professionals and health care professionals that expose fraudulent and corrupt practices that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and cost lives. This international movement includes SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and traditional Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits which offer whistleblowers large rewards for properly exposing bribes. Medical providers with first hand knowledge or evidence of large bribes are encouraged to step forward to properly expose these illegal bribes.</div>
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-33526533435610809952015-07-15T13:34:00.000-05:002015-07-15T13:34:04.034-05:00Government Contract Bribes Can Be the Basis of International Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits That Pay Large Financial Rewards To Whistleblowers by Government Contract Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b>International Government Contract Bribes Can Be the Basis of International Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits That Pay Large Financial Rewards To Whistleblowers by Government Contract Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason S. Coomer </b></u></div>
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Government contracts are estimated to
be over $10 Trillion each year. It is estimated that as much as 20% of these government contracts are through illegal
bribes, kickbacks, and other illicit payments. Government contracts include spending on military; public works projects; public
health care (pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, & hospitals);
ports, transportation, & roads; mining and oil extraction; power
grid and stations; education; law enforcement; and sanitation services. <br />
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If you have evidence of a government contract illegal bribery scheme,
illegal kickback scheme, or other illicit payment scheme, it can be extremely financially beneficial to expose the corruption through a government contract bribe whistleblower reward lawyer. The lawyer can protect your identity while reviewing your potential case as well as in some instances obtain a large reward from the SEC. For more information regarding a government contract whistleblower reward lawsuit, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalprocurementbribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Goverment Contract Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits</a>.</div>
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-60587375258243058732014-04-12T14:05:00.001-05:002014-04-12T14:05:11.456-05:00International Bribery Lawyer Confidentially Reviews FCPA Bounty Actions for Whistleblowers by International Bribery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer <div style="text-align: center;">
<u><b>International Bribery Lawyer Confidentially Reviews Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Bribery Scheme Bounty Actions for International Whistleblowers by International Bribery Lawyer and International Bribery Scheme Bounty Action Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u></div>
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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the new SEC Whistleblower
Incentive Program, whistleblowers with original and specialized
knowledge and evidence of corporate bribery and illegal kickbacks are
eligible to recover large economic awards. By gathering this evidence
and properly reporting international bribery scheme to the SEC through an international bribery lawyer, these whistleblowers can protect their
identity through the process and potentially collect large rewards of
10% to 30% of the monetary sanctions obtained through the SEC enforcement action. These rewards can include disgorged funds or the benefit of the bribery damages which can be in the Billions of dollars. <br />
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If you
are aware of an illegal bribe or illegal kickback that was used to
secure a large contract, <b><a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/contact.htm" target="_blank">please feel free to submit a confidential inquiry</a></b> or go to the follow web page for more information: <b><a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/index.htm" target="_blank">International Bribery Lawyer</a></b>. Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-26164407271509521842014-02-09T22:31:00.001-06:002014-02-09T22:37:26.992-06:00Expose Russia Olympic Bribes: Olympic Bribes and Construction Bribes Can Be The Basis of Large Whistleblower Rewards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b>Expose Russia Olympic Bribes: Olympic Bribes and Construction Bribes Can Be The Basis of Large Whistleblower Rewards by International Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u></div>
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Russian whistleblowers, public officials, business professionals, employees of multinational corporations, and others that have evidence of Russian government corruption are eligible for large whistleblower financial rewards. Russian government corruption that can be the basis for these <br />
awards include illegal payments for business; bribes for construction contracts; illegal incentives for oil, gas and mineral leases; illegal kickbacks for regulatory approval; and other violations of Foreign <br />
Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Russian whistleblowers and multinational corporation whistleblowers are needed to step up to report illegal corrupt practices and can receive large financial rewards for being the first to properly expose significant Russian government corruption. <br />
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If you are aware of a significant Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) violation, please feel free to go to the following webpage: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/russiabribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Russian Whistleblower Rewards</a> or <a href="mailto:internationallawyer@internationalwhistleblower.com" target="_blank">contact Russian Government Whistleblower Lawyer, Jason Coomer via e-mail message</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/contractor-flees-russia-after-refusing-to-pay-olympic-bribes/">Contractor flees Russia after refusing to pay Olympic bribes - CBS News</a><br />
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"A new report by a Russian anti-corruption group says the total cost for the games has soared to about $50 billion -- more than five times as much as the last winter games. Yet the best place to discover why costs have risen so high may not be among the gleaming new venues, but on a street in a town just outside London, where Valery Morozov, once an Olympic contractor -- now a fugitive -- lives."<br />
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"Miscalculated, he said, because the local Olympic organizers told him to add about $30 million<br />
to his bill for various Sochi construction projects, and then pay that money back to them as kickbacks."<br />
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"The only one reason for this was their pockets," Morozov said. "There was only one reason." Morozov rebuilt some of the crumbling facilities of the old Sochi resort. The kickbacks, he said, followed a familiar formula. The kickback was about 40 percent of the total contract." </div>
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-36709400923966428262014-02-08T19:56:00.001-06:002014-02-08T20:02:06.852-06:00Expose Illegal Medical Device, Medical Equipment, and Pharmaceutical Bribes: International Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b>The SEC Is Offering Large Rewards To International Whistleblowers That Can Properly Expose Medical Device Bribes, Medical Equipment Bribes, and Pharmaceutical Bribes to Physicians by International Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u></div>
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International whistleblowers can recover large amounts of money for exposing international pharmaceutical and medical device bribes. By exposing procurement kickbacks, medicine supply chain bribes, and other violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a physician or other whistleblower can not only help expose corruption, but can receive a large reward. As such, pharmaceutical representatives, international drug executives, government officials, physicians, health care providers, community activists, and other persons, who are the original source of <br />
specialized knowledge of international drug company bribes, international pharmaceutical company illegal kickback schemes, medical device and equipment procurement bribery schemes, and other illicit payments for drug procurement, medical device procurement, and medical equipment contracts. <br />
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For more information on a potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalmedicinesprocurementbribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Medical Device, Medical Equipment, and Pharmaceutical Bribe Lawsuits</a> or <a href="mailto:lawyer@internationalwhistleblower.com" target="_blank">please feel free to send an e-mail message to International Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer</a>. <br />
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<a href="https://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1370540044262#.UvbcRrRvjkc">SEC.gov | SEC Charges Stryker Corporation With FCPA Violations</a><br />
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An SEC investigation found that Stryker Corporation’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Poland, and Romania made illicit payments totaling approximately $2.2 million that were incorrectly described as legitimate expenses in the company’s books and records. Descriptions varied from a charitable donation to consulting and service contracts, travel expenses, and commissions. Stryker made approximately $7.5 million in illicit profits as a result of the improper payments.<br />
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Stryker has agreed to pay more than $13.2 million to settle the SEC’s charges.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2011/lr21922.htm">Johnson & Johnson</a> <br />
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The SEC alleges that, since at least 1998, J&J’s subsidiaries paid bribes to public doctors in Greece who selected J&J surgical implants, paid bribes to public doctors and hospital administrators in <br />
Poland who awarded tenders to J&J, and paid bribes to public doctors in Romania to prescribe J&J pharmaceutical products. J&J also paid kickbacks to Iraq in order to obtain contracts under the United Nations Oil for Food Program (“Program”).<br />
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J&J has agreed to pay more than $48.6 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest to settle the SEC’s charges and to pay a $21.4 million fine to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle criminal <br />
charges. A resolution of a related investigation by the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office is anticipated.<br />
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The SEC’s complaint alleges that J&J subsidiaries, employees, and agents paid bribes to public doctors and administrators in Greece, Poland, and Romania. Doctors who ordered or prescribed J&J products were rewarded in a variety of ways, including cash and inappropriate travel. A variety of schemes were used to carry-out the bribery, including the use of slush funds, sham civil contracts with doctors, and off-shore companies in the Isle of Man. A J&J executive was involved in the Greek conduct, and MD&D Poland executives running three business lines oversaw the creation of sham contracts, travel documents, and the creation of slush funds in Poland. The SEC’s complaint also alleges that J&J’s agent paid secret kickbacks to Iraq to obtain nineteen Oil for Food contracts.<br />
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-29530598095277681252013-12-03T11:43:00.001-06:002013-12-03T11:43:00.203-06:00Public Health Care Bribes To Government Officials: Glaxo CEO on U.K. China Trade Mission Amid Bribery Probe - Bloomberg<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Public Health Care Bribes To Government Officials Can Be The Basis For Large Whistleblower Rewards by International Public Health Care Bribe Lawyer Jason S. Coomer </b></u></div><br />
International whistleblowers can recover large amounts of money for exposing international medicine procurement kickbacks, medicine supply chain bribes, and other violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As such, pharmaceutical representatives, international drug executives, government officials, physicians, health care providers, community activists, and other persons, who are the original source of specialized knowledge of international drug company bribes, international pharmaceutical company illegal kickback schemes, public health medicine procurement bribery schemes, and other illicit payments for drug procurement, medical device procurement, medication, pharmaceutical, and medical equipment contracts. <br />
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For more information on this topic and confidential reviews of Public Health Care Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalmedicinesprocurementbribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank"> International Medicine Bribe Whistleblower Reward Law Center</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Each Year Approximately $1 Trillion In Public Health Care Contracts Are Obtained Through Bribes and Illegal Kickbacks</b></u></div><br />
Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health services including approximately $750 billion (US dollars) that is spent in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications. It is estimated that approximately 10 to 25% of public health care procurement spending including drug contracts, medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medical devices is lost to corrupt and fraudulent acts. These acts include government official bribes, illegal kickbacks, and other illicit payment and fraud schemes.<br />
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Glaxo agreed last year to pay a record $3 billion fine in the U.S. to settle allegations that the company illegally marketed medicines. That settlement came with a “Corporate Integrity Agreement” with the U.S. government that requires Glaxo to report any investigation or legal proceedings. <br />
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“Ongoing risks include the global regulatory fallout, foremost in the U.S., from any repercussions in China,” Kepler Cheuvreux’s environmental, social and governance research team said in a <a href="http://www.longfinance.net/images/reports/pdf/KC_pharma_2013.pdf" rel="external" title="Open Web Site">report</a> on corruption in the pharmaceutical industry last month. <br />
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Anti-corruption investigations may also spill over to other countries such as India, Brazil and Russia, especially during election years, according to Kepler analyst Sudip Hazra. <br />
“They could potentially use these precedents in the U.S. and China to embolden them politically,” Hazra said.<br />
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-83158013603917933802013-11-30T14:40:00.001-06:002013-11-30T14:40:43.019-06:00International Public Health Bribes and Whistleblower Rewards: SEC Charges Pfizer with FCPA Violations | Investor.gov<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<u><b>International Whistleblower Reward Laws Offer Financial Rewards and Bounties to International Whistleblowers That Expose Illegal Bribes to Government Officials by Confidential International Illegal Bribe Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u><br />
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International whistleblowers can recover large rewards for exposing international medicine procurement kickbacks, public health care bribes, and other violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As such, pharmaceutical representatives, international drug executives, government officials, physicians, health care providers, community activists, and other persons, who are the original source of specialized knowledge of international bribes and illegal kickbacks are encouraged to contact an international whistleblower lawyer to have their whistleblower reward case confidentially reviewed. <br />
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For more information on a potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit, please go to the following web page on <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalmedicinesprocurementbribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">International Public Health Care Bribe Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits</a> or <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/contact.htm" target="_blank">use our submission form</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.investor.gov/news-alerts/press-releases/sec-charges-pfizer-fcpa-violations#.UppKoOKJJWQ">SEC Charges Pfizer with FCPA Violations | Investor.gov</a><br />
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The SEC alleges that employees and agents of Pfizer’s subsidiaries in Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Serbia made improper payments to foreign officials to obtain regulatory and formulary approvals, sales, and increased prescriptions for the company’s pharmaceutical products. They tried to conceal the bribery by improperly recording the transactions in accounting records as legitimate expenses for promotional activities, marketing, training, travel and entertainment, clinical trials, freight, conferences, and advertising. <br />
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The SEC separately charged another pharmaceutical company that Pfizer acquired a few years ago – Wyeth LLC – with its own FCPA violations. Pfizer and Wyeth agreed to separate settlements in which they will pay more than $45 million combined to settle their respective charges. In a parallel action, the Department of Justice announced that Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve its investigation of FCPA violations.<br />
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“Pfizer subsidiaries in several countries had bribery so entwined in their sales culture that they offered points and bonus programs to improperly reward foreign officials who proved to be their best customers,” said Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit. “These charges illustrate the pitfalls that exist for companies that fail to appropriately monitor potential risks in their global operations.”<br />
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According to the SEC’s complaint against Pfizer filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the misconduct dates back as far as 2001. Employees of Pfizer’s subsidiaries authorized and made cash payments and provided other incentives to bribe government doctors to utilize Pfizer products. In China, for example, Pfizer employees invited “high-prescribing doctors” in the Chinese government to club-like meetings that included extensive recreational and entertainment activities to reward doctors’ past product sales or prescriptions. Pfizer China also created various “point programs” under which government doctors could accumulate points based on the number of Pfizer prescriptions they wrote. The points were redeemed for various gifts ranging from medical books to cell phones, tea sets, and reading glasses. In Croatia, Pfizer employees created a “bonus program” for Croatian doctors who were employed in senior positions in Croatian government health care institutions. Once a doctor agreed to use Pfizer products, a percentage of the value purchased by a doctor’s institution would be funneled back to the doctor in the form of cash, international travel, or free products.<br />
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-61193305278631223722013-06-16T13:41:00.001-05:002013-12-03T11:44:58.372-06:00Foreign Corrupt Practices Act SEC Bounty Actions, Whistleblower Rewards, and Confidential Reviews by International Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Bounty Action Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div style="text-align: center;">
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SEC Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits or SEC Bounty Actions are a product of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These laws were designed to create bounties that can be collected by whistleblowers that properly report Foreign Corrupt Practices violations, illegal brides, kickback schemes, money laundering, SEC violations, international financial fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud that result in monetary sanctions over one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). The SEC can award the whistleblower up to 30% of the money collected.<br />
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By creating whistleblower bounties for investors and people with specific information of fraud, it is expected that hard to detect fraud will be exposed to help regulate the financial market and prevent large investment corporations, banks, hedge funds, and other large corporations from committing financial fraud of billions of dollars. Further, new whistleblower protection laws allow potential whistleblowers to confidentially report potential bounty actions through a lawyer. These protections allow professionals to protect their identities and career while having a potential bounty action reviewed.<br />
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<u><b>International Illegal Bribery Schemes Can Be The Basis of SEC Bounty Actions</b></u></div>
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits bribery of foreign officials by U.S. and foreign companies listed on the U.S. securities exchange. The FCPA also requires such companies to maintain accurate books and records. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblowers that properly report violations of the FCPA by a U.S. or foreign company listed on the U.S. securities exchanges can recover a large reward for exposing FCPA violations.<br />
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If you are aware of a significant Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violation, please feel free to <b> <a href="mailto:briberywhistleblowerlawyer@texaslawyers.com?subject=International%20Business%20Bribery%20Whistleblower%20Recovery%20Lawyer"> contact Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message</a></b> or go to the following web site: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/index.htm" target="_blank">International Illegal Bribery Schemes and International Whistleblower Reward Information</a> Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-59518531396412317362013-04-29T11:37:00.001-05:002013-04-29T11:37:42.795-05:00Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Rewards by Confidential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div style="text-align: center;"> <u><b>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblowers Can Received Large Financial Rewards For Exposing International Bribes, Illegal Kickbacks, Slush Funds, and other Illegal Activities by International Foreign Corrupt Practices Lawyer Jason S. Coomer </b></u> </div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify">The <b> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactlawyer.htm"> Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</a></b> and the new SEC Whistleblower Incentive Program work together to reward whistleblowers with original and specialized knowledge and evidence of international business corporate bribery and illegal kickbacks. These new international business whistleblower reward laws are part of a worldwide movement to expose and punish government corruption such as contract bribes, illegal kickbacks, and large scale international fraud. These Foreign Corrupt Practices Act should help prevent government corruption in many countries including <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactrussiabribelawyer.htm"> Russia</a>, <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactchinabribelawyer.htm"> China</a>, <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/mexicocontractbribelawyer.htm">Mexico</a>, and <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactbrazilbribelawyer.htm"> Brazil</a>.</div><ul><li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactchinabribelawyer.htm">China Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violation Whistleblower Lawyer</a></div></li>
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<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactbrazilbribelawyer.htm">Brazilian Government Official Bribe Whistleblower Bounty Action Lawyer</a></div></li>
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<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactrussiabribelawyer.htm">Russian Government Corruption Whistleblower Reward Bounty Action Lawyer</a></div></li>
<li> <div align="justify"> <span lang="RU" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/russianofficialbribewhistleblowerlawyer.htm">Юрист, занимающийся делами о взятках государственным </a></span></div></li>
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<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactsouthamericabribelawyer.htm">South America Foreign Corporation Illegal Bribe Whistleblower Lawyer</a><u><b> </b></u></div></li>
<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactlawyer.htm">Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Lawyer and SEC Bounty Action Claim Lawyer</a></div></li>
<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/governmentofficialbriberylawyer.htm">International Contract Government Official Bribe Bounty Action Lawyer</a></div></li>
<li> <div align="justify"> <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/illegalkickbacksandbribewhistleblowerlawyer.htm">Corporate Illegal Kickback & Contract Bribe Whistelblower Award Lawyer</a></div></li>
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For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/foreigncorruptpracticesactlawyer.htm">International Business Bribery Whistleblower Reward Lawyer.</a>Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-15594207004968750202013-04-28T21:57:00.001-05:002013-04-28T21:57:22.796-05:00Parker Drilling Company (Release No. LR-22672; April 16, 2013)<a href="http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2013/lr22672.htm">Parker Drilling Company (Release No. LR-22672; April 16, 2013)</a><br />
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<h3>SEC Charges Parker Drilling Company with Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act</h3>The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Parker Drilling Company, a worldwide drilling services and project management firm, with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by authorizing improper payments to a third-party intermediary retained to assist the company in resolving customs disputes.<br />
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The SEC's complaint, filed in federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia, alleges that in 2004 Parker Drilling authorized payments to a Nigerian agent totaling $1.25 million. The company did so despite former senior executives knowing that the agent intended to use the funds to "entertain" Nigerian officials involved in resolving Parker Drilling's ongoing customs problems. Following the Nigerian agent's work, the company received an unexplained $3,050,000 reduction of a previously assessed customs fine, and the company was permitted to nationalize and sell its Nigerian rigs.<br />
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To settle the SEC's charges, Parker Drilling will pay disgorgement of $3,050,000 plus pre-judgment interest of $1,040,818. Parker Drilling consented to the entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining it from violating Sections 30A, 13(b)(2)(A), and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act. The proposed settlement is subject to court approval.<br />
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In the parallel criminal proceedings, the Department of Justice entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Parker Drilling in which the company will pay an $11,760,000 penalty.<br />
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-1160368309653843922013-04-28T21:54:00.001-05:002013-04-28T21:54:55.056-05:00International Oil Company Employee Whistleblowers Can Earn Large Rewards for Exposing Fraud and Violations of SEC LawsUnder the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all domestic and foreign companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must publicly report how much they pay governments for access to their oil, gas and minerals, beginning in FY2012. These payments must be reported on a country-by-country and a project-by-project basis, and will likely cover a wide range of the material benefits that accrue to governments from extractive deals. This Dodd-Frank reporting requirement, known as the Cardin-Lugar Transparency Amendment is expected to help remove corruption from the oil and gas mineral extraction industry. <br />
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<div align="justify" class="style19"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">International Oil Company Bribes and other FCPA violations as well as , International Oil Company False Reports and other SEC violations are forms of fraud that can result in whistleblower bounty actions, shareholder lawsuits, and several other types of litigation. Petroleum employees including petroleum accountants, petroleum executives, and other oil company employees with original information of significant oil company fraud, international oil lease bribes to government officials, and other illegal conduct a large oil company may be able to collect a large reward through several whistleblower laws.</span></div><div align="justify" class="style19"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style19"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The key to obtaining a large whistleblower award is to make sure that as the international oil company whistleblower you are the first to file with sufficient evidence of significant fraud. For more information on confidentially having your case reviewed, please go to the following web page: </span><a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalenergyandminingwhistleblowers.htm"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span>International Oil Company Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits</a></div>Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-16288950846476130882013-02-03T14:56:00.001-06:002013-02-03T15:08:59.235-06:00Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) By Sub-Suppliers and Sub-Contractors Can Be The Basis of Bounty Actions By FCPA Sub-Contractor Lawyer and FCPA Sub-Supplier Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Globalization of supply chains has created a shift in where many component product parts are produced. This shift includes the production of electronic components that are used in aircraft, military weapons systems, computers, medical equipment, and other products. In many situations, large corporations and government contractors will use sub-contractors and sub-suppliers to produce these component parts. These large corporations and government contractors can become the basis of a Bounty Action or Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit, when these sub-contractors and sub-suppliers 1) violate the FCPA, 2) produce faulty component parts, or 3) do business with prohibited parties. </span>
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<u><b>Faulty Electronic Components Can Be The Basis of FCPA Bounty Actions and Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits</b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many electronic components were traditionally manufactured in the United States and Europe, but are now being manufactured in China, Mexico, India, and South America. When these electronic components are fake or substandard parts, the general government contractor can sometimes be held to have made false certifications regarding the quality of these electronic components. These false certifications can be the basis of a Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These lawsuits encourage whistleblowers including international whistleblowers along the electronic component supply chain to blow the whistle on fake military electronic components, low quality electronic components, and other counterfeit electronic parts.<br />
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For more information on this issue, please feel free to go to the following web pages: <a href="http://www.federalgovernmentcontractorfraud.com/falsecertificationdefensecontractorlawsuits.htm" target="_blank">Defense Contractor False Certification Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits</a>, and <a href="http://www.federalgovernmentcontractorfraud.com/militaryprocurementfraudlawsuits.htm" target="_blank">Military Contractor Fake Part Procurement Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">FCPA violations in the supply chain by sub-contractors and sub-suppliers can also be the basis of Bounty Actions that offer large rewards for persons with original and specialized knowledge of the violations. These Bounty Actions can disgorge large contracts and be the basis of substantial recoveries for the whistleblower. Further, recent whistleblower protections now allow whistleblowers to anonymously file bounty actions through a FCPA Bounty Action Lawyer. </span><br />
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-58730421519949004532013-01-21T16:57:00.001-06:002013-01-21T16:58:58.585-06:00International Drug Company Fraud Bounty Action: Rewards Are Being Offered To Professionals That Expose International Drug Company Fraud by International Drug Company Fraud Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Worldwide government purchasing is estimated to be over $10 Trillion each year. Of this amount a growing percentage of government contracts are for public health care, medical equipment, and drug contracts. Because of the vast amounts of money governments are spending on drug contracts, medical equipment contracts, and other procurement contracts, several large corporations have targeted these contracts and are using illegal bribes, kickbacks, fraud, and other illegal actions to secure these contracts. <br />
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As such, several governments have created reward laws called bounty actions that provide large financial incentives to persons with original knowledge of these crimes to confidentially and properly expose these crimes. By working through an international bounty action lawyer, these people include many professionals can protect their identity and career, while exposing fraud and illegal conduct. <br />
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If you are aware of a drug contract, medical equipment contract, or other government procurement contract that is the product of fraud, an illegal bribery scheme, illegal kickback scheme, and other illicit payment scheme, it is important that you properly report the government corruption and work with an international bounty action lawyer to determine the best way to expose the corruption.<br />
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To help determine if a large government corruption scheme may be a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit, <b> <a href="mailto:internationalprocurementbribelawyer@internationalwhistleblower.com?subject=Interantional%20Drug%20Company%20Fraud%20Bounty%20Action%20Lawyer">please feel free to send an e-mail message to International Drug Company Fraud Bounty Action Lawyer Jason Coomer</a></b>. <br />
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For more information on these issues, please feel free to go to the following web pages:<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalprocurementbribewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">Procurement Fraud International Bounty Action Lawyer</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/glaxosmithkline-agrees-to-pay-3-billion-in-fraud-settlement.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Pay $3 Billion in Fraud Settlement - NYTimes.com</a> </b><br />
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"In the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company, the British drugmaker <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/glaxosmithkline_plc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about GlaxoSmithKline PLC">GlaxoSmithKline</a> agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion in fines for promoting its best-selling antidepressants for unapproved uses and failing to report safety data about a top diabetes drug, federal prosecutors announced Monday. The agreement also includes civil penalties for improper marketing of a half-dozen other drugs." </div>
Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-39536655484927956332013-01-20T15:07:00.001-06:002013-01-20T15:07:35.463-06:00International Money Laundering Targeted: The United States Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission Are Offering Large Financial Rewards For Persons That Properly Expose International Bank Fraud and Money Laundering by International Money Laundering Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>International Money Laundering Targeted: The United States Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission Are Offering Large Financial Rewards For Persons That Properly Expose International Bank Fraud and Money Laundering by International Money Laundering Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u></div><br />
The United States Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission are targeting banks, financial institutes and other large corporations that are illegally laundering money. Large international corporations that are registered with the SEC and/or are doing business in the United States may be subject to substantial fines and penalties for money laundering, bank fraud, illegal kickbacks, fraudlent accounting practices, and other illegal activities.<br />
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Further, recent Bounty Actions have been enacted to provide large financial incentives to persons with original knowledge of these illegal activities to be the first to properly confidentially report these crimes. For more information on these Bounty Action Laws and how to confidentially report money laundering, bank fraud, illegal kickbacks, fraudlent accounting practices, or other illegal activities, <b> <a href="mailto:internationalbankfraudlawyer@texaslawyers.com?subject=%20International%20Bank%20Fraud%20Bounty%20Action%20Lawyer">please feel free to contact International Money Laundering Bounty Action Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer.</a></b><br />
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Please also feel free to go to the following web pages:<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/internationalfinancialservicesemployeewhistleblowers.htm" target="_blank">International Financial Services and Bank Fraud Bounty Action Lawyer</a></b> <br />
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For more information on International Crack Downs on Money Laundering, please also read the following article:<br />
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<b><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/10/news/companies/hsbc-money-laundering/index.html?iid=EL" target="_blank">HSBC to pay $1.92 billion in money-laundering settlement - Dec. 10, 2012</a></b><br />
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<h2>Global banking giant HSBC will pay $1.92 billion in a record settlement with U.S. regulators to resolve money-laundering allegations.</h2>The Department of Justice and U.S. Treasury said Tuesday that HSBC allowed the most notorious international drug cartels to launder billions of dollars across borders. In addition, the government said HSBC violated U.S. sanctions for years by illegally conducting transactions on behalf of customers in Iran, Libya, Cuba, Sudan and Burma. Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-79504129717575052572012-11-18T12:36:00.001-06:002012-11-18T12:52:45.732-06:00Russian Government Corruption Exposed: International Russian Whistleblowers Can Recover Large Financial Rewards for Exposing Corruption and International Bribery Schemes By International Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Several Russian corruption stories are in the news as global efforts continue to expose government corruption in Russia. Included in these efforts are new whistleblower reward laws that offer large financial rewards to whistleblowers that properly expose international bribery schemes and Russian government official illegal kickback schemes from large multinational corporations. <br />
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Below are some recent news stories regarding corruption in Russia and information on international efforts to expose government corruption in Russia as well as reward people that are able to expose the corruption.<br />
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<a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/trio-charged-with-embezzling-110m-in-state-funds/471381.html" target="_blank">Trio Charged With Embezzling $110M in State Funds | News | The Moscow Times</a><br />
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Three high ranking official in Moscow have been charged with fraud, money laundering, and abetting the large scale theft of government funds. These government officials fraudulently obtain the liability rights from several municipal entities.<br />
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Billions of rubles have been misappropriated from Russian infrastructure projects ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference. Several key officials are the targets of the investigations as to significant amounts of stolen government funds. These corruption scandals are expected to result in key arrests and resignations. <br />
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<a href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/with-anti-corruption-drive-kremlin-adopts-navalny-tactic/471553.html" target="_blank">With Anti-Corruption Drive, Kremlin Adopts Navalny Tactic | News | The Moscow Times</a> <br />
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Several Russian Elites have been implicated in corruption scandals. It is yet to be seen how severely these elites will be punished, however, exposing these elites is the first step and it appears that public pressure is building to force these elites out of power and seek back what they have stolen.<br />
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<b>R</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">ussian whistleblowers, public officials, business professionals, employees of multinational corporations, and others that have evidence of government corruption are eligible for large whistleblower financial rewards. Russian government corruption that can be the basis for these awards include illegal payments for business; bribes for construction contracts; illegal incentives for oil, gas and mineral leases; illegal kickbacks for regulatory approval; and other violations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Russian whistleblowers and multinational corporation whistleblowers are needed to step up to report illegal corrupt practices and can receive large financial rewards for being the first to properly expose significant Russian government corruption. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> If you are aware of a significant Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) violation, please feel free to </span> <a href="mailto:russianbusinesswhistleblowerlawyer@texaslawyers.com?subject=International%20Business%20Russian%20FCPA%20Protected%20Whistleblower%20Reward%20Lawyer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;"> <b> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> contact Russian Government Whistleblower Lawyer, Jason Coomer via e-mail message</span></b></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> or use our </span> <b> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/contact.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">submission form</a></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> to have an international law attorney review a potential Foreign Corruption Practices Act Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Action. </span></div>
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-87488298295613604402012-10-31T19:52:00.001-05:002012-10-31T19:53:16.349-05:00Drug Bribes in The Pharmerging Countries: U.S. Foreign Bribery Penalties for Drugmakers May Need To Be Increased By Pharmerging Bribe Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health services including approximately $850 billion (US dollars) that is spent in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications. In 2011, it is estimated that global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by 5% to 7% to around $880 billion. This growth in sales is led by the 17 so-called "pharmerging countries," which include China, Brazil, Russia, India, Venezuela, Poland and the Ukraine. These "pharmerging countries", are forecast to see their pharmaceutical spending grow at a 15% to 17% rate in 2011, to between $170 billion and $180 billion overall.</div>
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Eight pharmerging countries are amongst the top 20 world pharmaceutical markets, and China is one of the “top three” or will be in the near future. A few high-profile pharmaceutical companies have been successful in gaining a foothold in these pharmering countries. These footholds include Abbott’s acquisition of Piramal Healthcare in India — a deal that could potentially make the US giant the top player in this country. Bayer's and Novartis' investments in China including Novartis' commitment to invest $1 billion USD in R&D in China and its $125 million USD investment to buy 85 percent stake in a privately held vaccine company. Pfizer has made inroads into the Russian health care system with a discount-card system in Russia Sanofi Aventis has purchased Medley, Brazil’s third-largest pharmaceutical company. GSK and Lilly have also announced anticipated doubling their revenue in emerging markets by 2015. </div>
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It is estimated that approximately 10 to 25% of public health care procurement spending including drug contracts, medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medical devices is lost to corrupt and fraudulent acts including adulterated drugs. As such, there is an international movement to reward pharmaceutical professionals and health care professionals that expose fraudulent and corrupt practices that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and cost lives. This international movement includes SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and traditional Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits. </div>
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/29/us-drugmakers-fcpa-idUSBRE89S0IQ20121029?goback=.gde_3773727_member_180047926">Analysis: U.S. foreign bribery penalties for drugmakers may lack bite | Reuters</a><br />
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<span id="midArticle_3"></span>Pfizer agreed to pay $60 million this year to settle FCPA charges and J&J reached a $70 million settlement last year. Pfizer is on track to record $10 billion in sales from emerging markets this year, while J&J said <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil" title="Full coverage of Brazil">Brazil</a>, <span class="mandelbrot_refrag"><a class="mandelbrot_refrag" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/russia?lc=int_mb_1001">Russia</a></span>, India and China accounted for just under 10 percent of the $65 billion in sales it reported last year."<br />
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<span id="midArticle_4"></span>"With so much at stake outside of established markets in the United States and Europe, some experts say fines like these are hardly a deterrent."<br />
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<span id="midArticle_5"></span>"The $60 million fine for Pfizer to a lay person sounds like quite a bit of money, but in perspective it took less than two days of Lipitor sales during its peak. It's really just chump change for them," said Michael Leibfried, a senior analyst with market research consulting firm GlobalData. The cholesterol pill at its height was a $13 billion a year cash cow for Pfizer."<br />
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For more information on this topic, <a href="mailto:druglawyer@internationalwhistleblower.com" target="_blank">please feel free to contact Pharmerging Bribe Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer</a>. <br />
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Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-53356100156601129532012-10-11T11:46:00.001-05:002012-10-11T11:46:13.885-05:00Department of Justice Cracks Down On International Export of High Tech Microelectronics:International Trade Law News<a href="http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2012/doj10032012.htm">U. S. Bureau of Industry and Security - DOJ Press Release - October 3, 2012</a><br />
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<b><u>RUSSIAN AGENT AND 10 OTHER MEMBERS OF PROCUREMENT NETWORK<br />
FOR RUSSIAN MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE, <br />
OPERATING IN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA, INDICTED <br />
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</b> <b><i>Defendants Also Include Texas- and Russia-Based Corporations<br />
165 Persons and Companies ‘Designated’ by Commerce Department</i></b><br />
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BROOKLYN, NY – An indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging 11 members of a Russian military procurement network operating in the United States and Russia, as well as a Texas-based export company and a Russia-based procurement firm, with illegally exporting high-tech microelectronics from the United States to Russian military and intelligence agencies.<sup>1</sup> Alexander Fishenko, an owner and executive of the American and Russian companies, is also charged with operating as an unregistered agent of the Russian government inside the United States by illegally procuring the high-tech microelectronics on behalf of the Russian government. The microelectronics allegedly exported to Russia are subject to strict government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems, including radar and surveillance systems, weapons guidance systems, and detonation triggers.<br />
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The charges were announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice; Stephen L. Morris, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Houston Field Office; Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn, Department of Commerce; and Timothy W. Reeves, Special Agent in Charge, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Central Field Office. The arrested defendants will be arraigned later today before United States Magistrate Judge George C. Hanks, Jr., at the U.S. Courthouse in Houston, Texas, where the government will seek their removal to the Eastern District of New York.<br />
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In addition to the unsealing of the charges, search warrants were executed today at seven residences and business locations associated with the defendants, and seizure warrants were executed on five bank accounts held by Fishenko and defendant Arc Electronics, Inc., the Texas-based export company. In conjunction with the unsealing of these charges, the Department of Commerce has added 165 foreign persons and companies who received, transshipped, or otherwise facilitated the export of controlled commodities by the defendants to its “Entity List.” This designation imposes a license requirement before any commodities can be exported from the United States to these persons or companies, and establishes a presumption that no such license will be granted.<br />
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<u>The Scheme</u><br />
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As alleged in the indictment, between approximately October 2008 and the present, Fishenko and the other defendants engaged in a surreptitious and systematic conspiracy to obtain advanced, technologically cutting-edge microelectronics from manufacturers and suppliers located within the United States and to export those high-tech goods to Russia, while carefully evading the government licensing system set up to control such exports. The microelectronics shipped to Russia included analog-to-digital converters, static random access memory chips, microcontrollers, and microprocessors. These commodities have applications, and are frequently used, in a wide range of military systems, including radar and surveillance systems, missile guidance systems and detonation triggers. Russia does not produce many of these sophisticated goods domestically.<br />
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According to the indictment and a detention motion filed by the government today, defendant Alexander Fishenko was born in what was, at the time, the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan, and graduated from the Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. He immigrated to the United States in 1994, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 2003. In 1998, he founded defendant Arc Electronics, Inc. (“Arc”) in Houston. Between 2002 and the present, Arc has shipped approximately $50,000,000 worth of microelectronics and other technologies to Russia. Fishenko and his wife are the sole owners of Arc, and Fishenko serves as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Fishenko is also a part owner and executive of defendant Apex System, L.L.C. (“Apex”) a Moscow, Russia-based procurement firm. Apex, working through subsidiaries, served as a certified supplier of military equipment for the Russian government. Between 1996 and the present, Fishenko has regularly traveled back and forth between the United States and Russia. Defendant Alexander Posobilov entered the United States from Russia in 2001, and became a naturalized citizen in 2008. He joined Arc in 2004, and serves as its director of procurement. Posobilov was arrested at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on his way to Singapore and Moscow.<br />
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The defendants allegedly exported many of these high-tech goods, frequently through intermediary procurement firms, to Russian end users, including Russian military and intelligence agencies. To induce manufacturers and suppliers to sell them these high-tech goods, and to evade applicable export controls, the defendants often provided false end user information in connection with the purchase of the goods, concealed the fact that they were exporters, and falsely classified the goods they exported on export records submitted to the Department of Commerce. For example, in order to obtain microelectronics containing controlled, sensitive technologies, Arc claimed to American suppliers that, rather than exporting goods to Russia, it merely manufactured benign products such as traffic lights. Arc also falsely claimed to be a traffic light manufacturer on its website. In fact, Arc manufactured no goods and operated exclusively as an exporter.<br />
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According to the court documents, the defendants went to great lengths to conceal their procurement activities for the Russian military. For example, on one occasion, defendants Posobilov and Yuri Savin, the Director of Marketing at another Russian procurement firm, discussed how best to conceal the fact that certain goods Savin had purchased from Arc were intended for the Russian military. Savin asked Posobilov, <i>“What can we do if a client is military all over?”</i> Posobilov replied, <i>“We can’t be the ones making things up. You should be the ones.”</i> Similarly, on another occasion defendant Fishenko directed a Russian procurement company that, when the company provided false end user information, to<i> “make it up pretty, correctly, and make sure it looks good.”</i> On yet another occasion, Posobilov instructed a Russian procurement company to <i>“make sure that”</i> the end use certificate indicated <i>“fishing boats, and not fishing/anti-submarine ones . . . Then we’ll be able to start working.”</i><br />
Despite this subterfuge, according to the documents, the investigation revealed that the defendants were supplying Russian government agencies with sophisticated microelectronics. For example, the investigation uncovered a Russian Ministry of Defense document designating an Apex subsidiary as a company “certified” to procure and deliver military equipment and electronics. The FBI also recovered a letter sent by a specialized electronics laboratory of Russia’s Federal Security Service (“FSB”), Russia’s primary domestic intelligence agency, to an Apex affiliate regarding certain microchips obtained for the FSB by Arc. The letter stated that the microchips were faulty, and demanded that the defendants supply replacement parts.<br />
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In addition, in anticipation of an inquiry by the Department of Commerce regarding the export of certain controlled microelectronics, defendants Fishenko, Posobilov, and Arc salesperson Viktoria Klebanova allegedly directed Apex executives Sergey Klinov and Dmitriy Shegurov, as well as other Apex employees, to alter Apex’s website and forge documents regarding certain transactions to hide Apex’s connections to the Russian military. In connection with the cover-up, Apex removed images of Russian military aircraft and missiles and other links to the Russian Ministry of Defense from its website.<br />
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<u>The Arc Defendants</u><br />
In addition to Fishenko, Posobilov, and Klebanova, the indictment charges Arc salespersons Lyudmila Bagdikian, Anastasia Diatlova, Sevinj Taghiyeva, and Svetalina Zagon, as well as Arc shipping manager Shavkat Abdullaev, with one count of conspiring to violate and twenty-one counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and the Arms Export Control Act (“AECA”), and with conspiring to commit wire fraud. According to the indictment, these defendants obtained controlled microelectronics by lying and submitting false information regarding the true nature, users, and intended uses of the high-tech goods, then exporting the goods, without the required licenses, to procurement firms in Russia. The defendants’ principal port of export for these goods was John F. Kennedy International Airport in the Eastern District of New York.<br />
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According to the indictment, in addition to owning and controlling Arc, Fishenko is also a controlling principal of the Russian procurement firm Apex, the defendant Sergey Klinov is the chief executive officer of Apex, and the defendant Dmitriy Shegurov is an employee of Apex. Apex and its affiliates supplied microelectronics to Russian government agencies, including Russian military and intelligence agencies. The defendant Yuri Savin was the Director of Marketing at Atrilor, Ltd., another Russian procurement firm. Klinov, Shegurov and Savin conspired with Fishenko and the Arc defendants to obtain controlled U.S.-origin microelectronics and to export those technologically sensitive goods to Russia without the required export licenses by falsifying information to hide the true nature, users and intended uses of the goods. In addition, Fishenko, Posobilov, Klebanova, Klinov and Shegurov were charged with obstruction of justice, and Fishenko and Arc were charged with conspiring to commit money laundering.<br />
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The individual defendants face maximum terms of incarceration of five years for the conspiracy charge, twenty years for each of the substantive IEEPA and AECA charges, and twenty years for the obstruction of justice charge. In addition, Fishenko faces a maximum term of incarceration of twenty years for conspiring to commit money laundering, and ten years for acting as an unregistered agent of the Russian government. The corporate defendants face fines of up to $500,000 for the conspiracy count and $1,000,000 for each of the substantive IEEPA and AECA counts.<br />
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“As alleged in the indictment, the defendants spun an elaborate web of lies to evade the laws that protect our national security. The defendants tried to take advantage of America’s free markets to steal American technologies for the Russian government. But U.S. law enforcement detected, disrupted, and dismantled the defendants’ network,” stated United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch. “We will not rest in our efforts to protect the technological advantage produced by American ingenuity. And, we will expose and hold responsible all who break our counter-proliferation laws, particularly those, like Fishenko, who serve foreign governments.” Ms. Lynch thanked the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas for its assistance in this matter.<br />
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“Today’s case underscores the importance of safeguarding America’s sensitive technology and our commitment to disrupt and prosecute networks that attempt to illegally export these goods,” said Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “I applaud the many agents, analysts, and prosecutors who worked on this extensive investigation.”<br />
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“In this day and time, the ability of foreign countries to illegally acquire sensitive and sophisticated U.S. technology poses a significant threat to both the economic and national security of our nation,” said Houston FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. Morris. “While some countries may leverage our technology for financial gain, many countries hostile to the United States seek to improve their defense capabilities and to modernize their weapons systems at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. The FBI will continue to work aggressively with our partners in the U.S. Intelligence Community to protect this technology and hold accountable those companies that willfully choose to violate our U.S. export laws.”<br />
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“Today’s action is a perfect example of two of the core benefits of the Administration’s export control reform effort – higher enforcement walls around controlled items and extensive coordination and cooperation among the enforcement agencies. I applaud our special agents who worked with the Justice Department in the interagency effort that led to today’s actions,” said Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn.<br />
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“The receipt of U.S.-made, cutting-edge microelectronics has advanced Russia’s military technological capabilities. NCIS and the Department of the Navy have worked closely with the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Commerce in this investigation due to the potential for significant enhancement of Russian naval weapons systems that would result from the illegal acquisition of these export-controlled technologies,” said Special Agent in Charge Timothy W. Reeves, NCIS Central Field Office.<br />
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As a result of this case, there may be victims and witnesses who need to contact the agencies involved in the investigation. If your business has been approached by one of the defendants, or by someone trying to obtain export-protected, sensitive technology who appeared not to be legitimate, please report that information to <a href="mailto:businessoutreach@leo.gov.">businessoutreach@leo.gov</a>. The information will remain confidential and will be handled by the appropriate authorities.<br />
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The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel Silver, Hilary Jager, and Claire Kedeshian, as well as Trial Attorney David Recker of the Counterespionage Section of the Department of Justice.<br />
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Arc Electronics, Inc.<br />
Principal Place of Business: Houston, Texas<br />
Apex System, L.L.C.<br />
Principal Place of Business: Moscow, Russia<br />
Alexander Fishenko<br />
Age: 46<br />
Shavkat Abdullaev<br />
Age: 34<br />
Lyudmila Bagdikian<br />
Age: 58<br />
Anastasia Diatlova<br />
Age: 38<br />
Viktoria Klebanova<br />
Age: 37<br />
Sergey Klinov:<br />
Age: 44<br />
Alexander Posobilov<br />
Age: 58<br />
Yuri Savin:<br />
Age: 36<br />
Dmitriy Shegurov<br />
Age: Unknown<br />
Sevinj Taghiyeva<br />
Age: 32<br />
Svetalina Zagon<br />
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As a result of an investigation involving an alleged Russian military procurement network, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href="http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2012/doj10032012.htm" target="_blank">announced</a> today that it had unsealed an indictment against two companies and 11 individuals located in the U.S. and Russia and executed a number of search warrants at various residences, businesses and banks in the U.S.<br />
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In a coordinated action, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) also issued a <a href="http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2012/Entity_List_rule_0694AF77.pdf" target="_blank">final rule</a> (PDF) amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add 164 foreign persons and companies to the Entity List who allegedly received, transshipped or facilitated the exports of the items to Russia. Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-11761309584892605832012-09-23T16:16:00.001-05:002012-09-23T16:16:41.142-05:00Anti-Bribery Report: Prosecutions Are on the Rise - Compliance Week<a href="http://www.complianceweek.com/anti-bribery-report-prosecutions-are-on-the-rise/article/257856/">Anti-Bribery Report: Prosecutions Are on the Rise - Compliance Week</a><br />
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Stringent anti-bribery laws around the globe are translating into more companies facing an increasing number of prosecutions, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI). <br />
Every year TI monitors global compliance with the OECD's benchmark anti-bribery Convention. Its latest report, “<a href="http://issuu.com/transparencyinternational/docs/2012_exportingcorruption_oecdprogress_en?mode=window&printButtonEnabled=false&shareButtonEnabled=false&searchButtonEnabled=false&backgroundColor=%23222222">Exporting Corruption? Country Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Progress Report 2012</a>,” shows that bribery charges increasingly lead to fines, jail time, and reputational damage.<br />
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TI reviewed anti-corruption activity in 37 (out of a total of 39) parties to the Convention and discovered that, with 144 new cases in 2011, the total number of cases prosecuted increased from 564 in 2010 to 708 in all of 2011. In addition, 286 investigations remain ongoing. Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-62526238707744640082012-09-22T14:27:00.001-05:002012-09-22T14:27:37.853-05:00Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega Threatens Foreign Capital Tax: Daily Update | The Rio Times | Brazil News<a href="http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-daily/brazil-threatens-foreign-capital-tax/">Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega Threatens Foreign Capital Tax: Daily Update | The Rio Times | Brazil News</a><br />
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"RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Finance Minister Guido Mantega has chided Western central banks over money-printing and other stimulus measures, and warned that Brazil could impose taxes on speculative foreign capital to avoid its currency strengthening. Mantega reiterated his stance that Brazil would take “all necessary steps,” including “those adopted in the past” to prevent Brazil’s real from appreciating unduly."<br />
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"Mantega said Brazil would win further foreign investment through global confidence in its economy – and said that despite the current slowdown in Brazil’s economy, 2013 would be see stronger growth of <a href="http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/brazil-gdp-estimate-lowered-to-2-percent/" target="_blank" title="Brazil GDP Estimate Lowered to 2%: Daily">four percent or more</a>."<br />
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<b>"However, it was recently revealed that a forty-percent <a href="http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/foreign-investments-in-brazil-fall-40-in-2012/" target="_blank" title="Foreign Investments Fall 40% in Brazil">drop in foreign investments</a> had hit Brazil earlier this year, wiping billions of dollars of the country’s main Bovespa stock exchange."</b><br />
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"Back in 2009, investors were taken aback when Brazil imposed taxes on some foreign investments, which it argued were speculative and harmful to the economy."<br />
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other Anti-Bribery laws prohibit bribes by multinational corporations to foreign officials to obtain lucrative contracts. Confidential Bribe Whistleblowers that properly report these illegal contract bribes, kickbacks, and other corrupt practices may recover large rewards for exposing corrupt practices committed by multinational corporation. If you are aware of significant contract bribes, illegal kickbacks or other corrupt practices by foreign companies and/or multinational corporations, please feel free to <a href="mailto:brazilcontractbribelawyer@texaslawyers.com?subject=Brazil%20Bribe%20Lawyer,%20Brazilian%20Illegal%20Kickback%20Attourney,%20and%20Corrupt%20Practice%20Whistleblower%20Lawyer"> <b>contact Brazilian Illegal Bribe and Kickback Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message</b> </a> or go to the following web page on: <a href="http://www.internationalwhistleblower.com/foreigncorruptpracticesactbrazilbribelawyer-01.htm" target="_blank">Brazil Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Lawyer and SEC Brazil Bribe Bounty Lawyer</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/embraer-under-investigation-by-the-u-s/">Embraer Under Investigation by the US | The Rio Times | Brazil News</a><br />
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is under investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on suspicion of violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (<a href="http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/" target="_blank">FCPA</a>). Embraer, the fourth largest producer of aircraft in the world, announced it was undertaking an internal investigation into its operations in three countries in response to the subpoena issued by the SEC.<br />
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits companies whose securities are listed in the U.S. from making payments to foreign officials “for the purposes of obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person.” It also requires that companies keep accurate records of all their transactions.<br />
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If found guilty of a criminal charge the company could face fines of up to, and possibly exceeding, US$2 million. Moreover, individual employees or directors within the company could be fined up to US$100,000 each and imprisoned for a maximum of five years.<br />
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The sanctions also dictate that firms found to be in violation of the FCPA could be banned from doing business with the U.S. Federal Government.<br />
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This could inhibit Embraer’s reported bid to win a nearly US$1.5 billion deal to supply 100 light attack aircraft to the U.S. military. Frederico Curado, Embraer’s CEO, announced on Friday that he was “confident that it won’t prevent us participating in any bidding process.”<br />
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Embraer put forward their Super Tucano jets, which carry a price tag of between US$10-15 million. They are currently among the four finalists in the bidding, and if they win, the deal would not only represent their biggest single-sale of Super Tucanos ever, but also a way into the lucrative U.S. defense market.</div>
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<span id="articleText"><span class="focusParagraph"><span class="articleLocatio</span>n">Money manager Fidelity saw a surge of cash into a Southeast Asian equities mutual fund this summer, helping it leap past $2 billion in size and overtake a long-time leading rival product from J.P. Morgan (<span id="symbol_JPM.N_0"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=JPM.N">JPM.N</a></span>).</span></span></span> <br />
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The inflows underscore the popularity of Southeast Asia at a time when key emerging market economies are seeing outflows. The region of 600 million people has a combined economy of $2 trillion that is boosted by domestic consumption, public spending and a growing middle class.<br />
It also shows that Southeast Asian investors are getting choosier, and gravitating towards better-performing funds.<br />
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"It's been a good story to market," Medha Samant, a Hong Kong-based investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, said in a telephone interview.<br />
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"Clients are increasingly feeling that ASEAN markets are in a much stronger position to weather a global economic downturn compared to 10 years ago," she said.<br />
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Assets of Southeast Asia-focused funds tracked by Lipper stood at $7.8 billion at the end of July, the highest since December 2007. Other offshore funds investing into individual countries in the region managed a further $16 billion.<br />
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More than 50 mutual funds focus on Southeast Asia stock investments, nearly double from five years ago, and the inflows for Fidelity and some others such as Japan's Daiwa will help draw investor attention to the region as other Asian countries such as <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/china" title="Full coverage of China">China</a> and India slow. The inflows could ultimately help deepen the region's relatively illiquid markets.Jason S. Coomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494011473269385557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481776466089041131.post-73023019150550336062012-09-02T14:47:00.001-05:002012-09-02T14:50:18.720-05:00Defense Contractor False Certification Lawyer and Military Contractor False Certification Lawyer: Defense Industry Faces New Scrutiny of Anti-Corruption Practices - Businessweek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">W</span></b>ar profiteering and fraudulent defense contractors have cost the United States Billions of Dollars through corrupt businesses seeking payment from the government for defective products, services that were never provided, and dangerous products. Relators and Whistleblowers are encouraged to blow the whistle on defense contractors that cheat the government through False Certification of Product Quality, Product Substitution, Cross Charging, False Certification of Services Provided, Charging for Services or Goods not provided, Violations of the Truth-in-Negotiations Act ("TINA"), and Improper Cost Allocation.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-24/defense-industry-faces-new-scrutiny-of-anti-corruption-practices?goback=.gsm_2741882_1_*2_*2_*2_lna_PENDING_*2">Defense Industry Faces New Scrutiny of Anti-Corruption Practices - Businessweek</a></b><br />
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"More than 100 defense companies from <span class="ticker_wrap">Lockheed Martin Corp. (<a class="ticker" data-symbol="LMT:US" href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=LMT:US">LMT</a>)</span>, the world’s largest arms maker, to Czech military truck manufacturer Tatra AS, face a new test of their anticorruption practices as an independent watchdog puts the industry under examination." </div>
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"The U.K. arm of Transparency International will issue its first ranking of about 130 companies worldwide on Oct. 4, grading their corporate guidelines for avoiding corruption. Each company is being assessed against 34 criteria and will receive a grade from A to F, an executive for the not-for-profit organization said in an interview in London." </div>
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