We are currently restructuring our databases, so be advised that the FCPAC database is updated only through July 30, 2025.

Processing your request


please wait...

 | Enforcement Action Dataset

Stanford Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Clearinghouse a Collaboration with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Enforcement Action Dataset

 
United States of America v. Bilfinger SE · Willbros Group/Bilfinger's Involvement in Nigeria and Ecuador from the Early 1990s to 2005

Case Information

United States of America v. Bilfinger SE

Related FCPA Matter:   Willbros Group/Bilfinger's Involvement in Nigeria and Ecuador from the Early 1990s to 2005 Information

Case Information

Initiation Date:    12/09/2013  Information

Prosecuting Agency:    U.S. Department of Justice

Type of Action:    DOJ Criminal Proceeding

Docket or Case Number:    13-cr-745

Court:    S.D. Texas

Name of Prosecuting Attorneys:   

  • Jeffrey H. Knox, Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
  • Laura N. Perkins, Senior Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division

US Assisting Agencies:   

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation

Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation:    Unknown

Foreign Assistance:    Unknown

Origin of the Proceeding:    Unknown

Whistleblower:    Unknown

Case Status:    Resolved


Summary  Information

Bilfinger SE, formerly Bilfinger Berger AG and Bilfinger Berger SE, ("Bilfinger") was an international engineering and services company involved in the industrial services, power services, building and facility services, construction, and concessions business segments. Bilfinger was a German company with its headquarters in Mannheim, Germany.

From about 2003 to 2005, Bilfinger conspired with several other parties to bribe Nigerian officials in order to win and maintain the contracts for the construction of the Eastern Gas Gathering System ("EGGS"), which was a natural gas pipeline system in the Niger Delta designed to relieve existing pipeline capacity constraints. The total amount of the bribes was in excess of $6,000,000, and the contracts to build the EGGS in two phases were worth a total of $387,500,000.

As part of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the DOJ, Bilfinger agreed to pay a $32 million penalty to resolve charges that it violated the FCPA. Bilfinger also agreed to enhance its anti-corruption policies and programs as well as its internal controls. The agreement requires Bilfinger to appoint an independent monitor for a term of three years. According to the company's 2016 annual report, the DOJ and the company agreed that the DPA would be extended untill the end of 2018.

Protected Content


Please Log In or Sign Up for a free account to access restricted features of the Clearinghouse website, including the Advanced Search form and the full case pages.

When you sign up, you will have the option to save your search queries performed on the Advanced Search form.