David Rothschild was a vice president of regional sales at Alstom Power, Inc. Frederic Pierucci was vice president of global sales for Alstom Power, Inc.
From 2002 to 2009, Pierucci and Rothschild, together with others, paid bribes to officials in Indonesia, including a member of Indonesian Parliament and high-ranking members of Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the state-owned and state-controlled electricity company in Indonesia, in exchange for those officials’ assistance in securing a contract for the company to provide power-related services for the citizens of Indonesia, known as the Tarahan project. The Tarahan Project was valued at roughly $118 million. In order to conceal the bribes, the defendants retained two consultants purportedly to provide legitimate consulting services on behalf of the power company and its subsidiaries in connection with the Tarahan project. In reality, however, the primary purpose for hiring the consultants was allegedly to use the consultants to pay bribes to Indonesian officials.
On November 2, 2012, the DOJ filed an Information against David Rothschild, charging him with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. At the same time, David Rothschild pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. On July 27, 2020, the court sentenced Rothschild to time served in prison plus one year of supervised release and ordered him to pay a fine of $10,000 plus a mandatory assessment of $100.
In a related action, Frederic Pierucci pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions, and one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. On October 6, 2017, the court entered judgment against Pierucci and sentenced him to 30 months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release. The court also ordered Pierucci to pay a fine of $20,000 plus a mandatory special assessment of $200.
