Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Enforcement Action Dataset

Initiation Date: 12/14/1999

Prosecuting Agency: U.S. Department of Justice

Type of Action: DOJ Civil Proceeding

Docket or Case Number: 99-cv-12566

Court: D. Massachusetts

Name of Prosecuting Attorneys:

Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney
Allison D. Burroughs, Assistant United States Attorney
Peter B. Clark, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
Philip Urofsky, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division

US Assisting Agencies:

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation: Unknown

Foreign Assistance: Unknown

Origin of the Proceeding: Unknown

Whistleblower: Unknown

Case Status: Resolved

Summary

Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. was a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Metcalf & Eddy International, Inc. ("M&E International") was an environmental engineering firm, headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, that provided services outside the United States. M&E International was merged into defendant Metcalf & Eddy on or about December 10, 1997.

Commencing in October 1994 and continuing to December 1999, Metcalf & Eddy and its predecessor M&E International paid for travel, lodging, and entertainment expenses to the Chairman of Alexandria General Organization for Sanitary Drainage ("AGOSD"), an official of the Government of United Arab Republic of Egypt, to induce him to use his position to influence AGOSD to support two United States Agency for International Development ("USAID') sponsored projects for the benefit of AGOSD. The two projects included the Phase I project, which involved infrastructure development and consisted of several contracts that M&E International participated in as both a joint venture partner and sole contractor, and the Phase II project, which involved the provision of architectural and engineering services to AGOSD. M&E International was the sole contractor on the Phase II project.

On December 14, 1999, the DOJ filed a civil Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Ancillary Relief in the District of Massachusetts against Metcalf & Eddy seeking to enjoin the company from violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. On the same date, Metcalf & Eddy consented to entry of final judgment, and on December 17, 1999, the court enjoined the company from future violations of the FCPA and ordered Metcalf & Eddy to pay a civil fine of $400,000.

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