Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Enforcement Action Dataset

Initiation Date: 03/14/2012

Prosecuting Agency: U.S. Department of Justice

Type of Action: DOJ Criminal Proceeding

Docket or Case Number: 12-cr-00061

Court: N.D. Oklahoma

Name of Prosecuting Attorneys:

Denis J. McInerney, Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
Daniel S. Kahn, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
Stephen J. Spiegelhalter, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
Kevin C. Leitch, Assistant United States Attorney

US Assisting Agencies:

Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Attorney's Office - Northern District Oklahoma

Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation: Unknown

Foreign Assistance:

Mexican Law Enforcement Agency (MX)
Panamanian Law Enforcement Agency (PA)

Origin of the Proceeding: Voluntary disclosure

Whistleblower: Unknown

Case Status: Resolved

Summary

BizJet International Sales and Support, Inc. ("BizJet") was headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, incorporated in Oklahoma and was in the business of providing aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul ("MRO") services to customers in the United States and abroad. BizJet serviced aircraft owned and operated by a number of governmental and other customers in Latin America, including Mexico and Panama.

From around 2004 through around March 2010, BizJet and others conspired to obtain and retain aircraft MRO service contracts and other business for BizJet and others from foreign government customers, including the Mexican Federal Police, the Mexican President's Fleet, Sinaloa, the Panama Aviation Authority, the Brazilian State of Roraima, and other customers, by paying bribes to foreign officials employed by such customers.

On March 14, 2012, the DOJ filed a single count Information against BizJet alleging conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. On the same date, BizJet entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the DOJ. Under the agreement, BizJet accepted responsibility for its conduct and agreed to pay a fine of $11.8 million, which represented an approximately 30% deduction from the bottom of the sentencing guidelines range. In agreeing to the reduced fine, the DOJ took into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, including the nature and extent of BizJet's voluntary disclosure, extraordinary cooperation, and extensive remediation in the matter. BizJet also agreed to continue to implement and enhance its compliance policies and procedures and to periodically report on its compliance program to the DOJ for the three year term of the DPA.

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United States of America v. Bizjet International Sales and Support, Inc.

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