- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2021-05-26T19:32:00
The former CEO of an Austrian bank was arrested in the United Kingdom on criminal charges for his alleged role in a massive money laundering scheme involving Brazil-based global construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
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Odebrecht has reached the end of its compliance monitorship, four years after pleading guilty and resolving charges with authorities in the United States, Brazil, and Switzerland for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Global construction company Odebrecht, based in Brazil, and Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion—the largest foreign bribery case in history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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