Louis Berger International to Pay $17.5 Million for FCPA Violations
U.S.-based construction management company Louis Berger International has reached a $17.1 million settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when it bribed foreign officials in Asia to secure government construction management contracts. Two of the company’s former executives also ...
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