Mary Ann McCarthy, Trial Attorney, Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section, Criminal Division
Robert A. Zink, Acting Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
US Assisting Agencies: Unknown
Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation: Unknown
Foreign Assisting Agencies: Unknown
Origin of the Proceeding:
Unknown
Whistleblower:
Unknown
Case Status:
Resolved
Summary
According to the documents in this case, between December 2012 and January 2016, Jose Luis De La Paz Roman conspired with others to make bribe payments to officials of Empresa Publica de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador ("PetroEcuador"), the state-owned and state-controlled oil company in Ecuador, in order to obtain and retain business from PetroEcuado. The payments totalled at least $8,081,466 and Roman purportedly made at least $2,145,000 from the scheme.
On January 8, 2019, the DOJ filed a single count Information in the Southern District of Florida against Roman alleging a conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. Roman entered into a plea agreemet with the DOJ on January 25, 2019, and on April 12, 2019, the court sentenced Roman to 3 years in prison to be followed by 2 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a mandatory assessment of $100. On April 16, the court ordered Roman to forfeit $2,145,000, which represented his proceeds from the scheme.
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