Former Herbalife execs charged with FCPA violations
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-11-15T19:21:00
The DOJ has charged two former executives of Herbalife with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for bribing Chinese government officials for over a decade and then trying to cover up the illicit payments.
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