FCPA Oil & Gas Bribery Cases

The oil and gas industries are riddled with bribes. They are found in just about every transaction that takes place: a bribe for the contract, a bribe to get ahead in a line of projects, a bribe to store oil, a bribe to move oil, a bribe to the customs official… the list goes on. In some countries, these practices are already engrained in the regular course of business. In others, it is only a matter of time.

KKC partner Stephen M. Kohn fears the impact that these bribes can have.

Under the Dodd-Frank Act, non-U.S. citizens residing outside the United States can report bribery and illegal market manipulation in the oil and gas industry. Reports can be filed confidentially, and international whistleblowers have already obtained over $100 million in monetary rewards for reporting violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Stephen M. Kohn

“Developing countries are being preyed upon. How can they say no to big bribes from even bigger countries and companies? This is creating a new form of colonialism.”

Stephen M. Kohn, Whistleblower Attorney

“[I]t makes no difference whether . . . the claimant was a foreign national, the claimant resides overseas, the information was submitted from overseas, or the misconduct comprising the U.S. securities law violation occurred entirely overseas.”

Kevin M. O’Neill, Deputy Secretary, SEC

Below is a table containing some major FCPA enforcement actions by the SEC, Department of Justice, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission involving companies in the oil and gas industry.

To read about all of the successful FCPA cases handled by Kohn, Kohn, & Colapinto, visit here.