Eni to pay $24.5M to resolve FCPA charges
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-04-20T15:34:00
Italian oil company Eni will pay $24.5 million to settle SEC charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with regard to the award of certain contracts to its former subsidiary Saipem in Algeria.
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