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United States of America v. Albert Jackson Stanley · TSKJ's Involvement in Nigeria from 1994 to 2004

Case Information

United States of America v. Albert Jackson Stanley

Related FCPA Matter:   TSKJ's Involvement in Nigeria from 1994 to 2004 Information

Case Information

Initiation Date:    09/03/2008  Information

Prosecuting Agency:    U.S. Department of Justice

Type of Action:    DOJ Criminal Proceeding

Docket or Case Number:    08-cr-597

Court:    S.D. Texas

Name of Prosecuting Attorneys:   

  • William J. Stuckwisch, Assistant Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
  • Patrick F. Stokes, Senior Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
  • Steven A. Tyrrell, Acting Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division

US Assisting Agencies:   

  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Department of Justice - Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs

Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation:    Unknown

Foreign Assistance:   

  • French Law Enforcement Agency (FR)
  • Swiss Law Enforcement Agency (CH)
  • U.K. Law Enforcement Agency (GB)
  • Italian Law Enforcement Agency (IT)

Origin of the Proceeding:    Unknown

Whistleblower:    Unknown

Case Status:    Resolved


Summary  Information

Albert Jackson Stanley was the former chairman and chief executive officer of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. (KBR).

KBR was part of a four-company joint venture called TSKJ, which was comprised of Technip of France, Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V. of the Netherlands, Kellogg Brown & Root of the United States, and JGC Corporation of Japan. Between 1995 and 2004, members of the joint venture devised and implemented a scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain contracts worth over $6 billion to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities on Bonny Island in Nigeria. The joint venture partners formed a "cultural committee" comprised of senior sales executives at each company to consider how to carry out the bribery scheme. To conceal the illicit payments, the joint venture entered into sham contracts with a shell company controlled by a U.K. solicitor (Jeffrey Tesler, who was given $132 million for the purpose of bribing high-level Nigerian officials) and a Japanese trading company (Marubeni Corporation, which was given $51 million for the purpose of bribing low-level Nigerian officials) as conduits for the bribes. Total payments to the two agents exceeded $180 million.

On September 3, 2008, Stanley pleaded guilty to a two-count criminal Information in the Southern District of Texas, charging him with conspiracy to violate the FCPA, and to commit mail and wire fraud. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised probation, and ordered to pay $10.8 million in restitution. Stanley had originally faced an 84-month sentence, but was granted less because federal prosecutors deemed his cooperation to be substantial enough to recommend leniency.

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