Firma Baker Hughes - trzecia na świecie firma osługująca wydobycie ropy naftowej - została ukarana przez amerykański sąd za korupcję w Kazachstanie. Zapłaci karę 44 milionów $ (wszystkie zyski plus kara).
Przekupstwo przy pomocy kazachskiego pośrednika za możliwość prac przy polu [[Karachaganak]] dotyczyło lat 2001-2002. Baker Hughes złamał w ten sposób ustawę zakazującą korupcji za granicą (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).
The SEC's complaint alleges that Baker Hughes paid approximately $5.2 million to two agents while knowing that some or all of the money was intended to bribe government officials, specifically officials of State-owned companies, in Kazakhstan. The complaint alleges that one agent was hired in September 2000 on the understanding that Kazakhoil, Kazakhstan's national oil company at that time, had demanded that the agent be hired to influence senior level employees of Kazakhoil to approve the award of business to the company. Baker Hughes retained the agent principally at the urging of Fearnley. According to the complaint, Fearnley told his bosses that the "agent for Kazakhoil" told him that unless the agent was retained, Baker Hughes could "say goodbye to this and future business." Baker Hughes engaged the agent and was awarded an oil services contract in the Karachaganak oil field in Kazakhstan that generated more than $219 million in gross revenues from 2001 through 2006. Baker Hughes, the complaint alleges, paid the agent $4.1 million to its bank account in London but received no identifiable services from the agent. The complaint also alleges that in 1998 Baker Hughes retained a second agent in connection with the award of a large chemical contract with KazTransOil, the national oil transportation operator of Kazakhstan. Between 1998 and 1999, Baker Hughes paid over $1 million to the agent's Swiss bank account, despite a company employee knowing by December 1998 that the agent's representative was a high-ranking executive of KazTransOil.
The SEC's complaint against Baker Hughes also alleges violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the FCPA in Nigeria, Angola, Indonesia, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In addition to violating the FCPA, certain of this conduct occurred after September 12, 2001, and consequently violated the Commission's 2001 cease-and-desist Order. Specifically, the complaint alleges that between 1998 and 2005, Baker Hughes made payments in Nigeria, Angola, Indonesia, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in circumstances that reflected a failure to implement sufficient internal controls to determine whether the payments were for legitimate services, whether the payments would be shared with government officials, or whether these payments would be accurately recorded in Baker Hughes' books and records. (...)
Warto uczyć się od najlepszych w nie dawaniu łapówek, ale jednocześnie trudno się dziwić, że Amerykanie mają takie problemy w Centralnej Azji.
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3 komentarzyJeszcze jedna podobna sprawa, w którą zamieszany jest sam prezydent Nazarbajew:
The money is linked to a pending corruption case in the US in which businessman James Giffen is accused of bribing three senior Kazakh officials, including President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on behalf of Western oil companies, Reuters reported.
Nazarbayev, in power in the oil-producing Central Asian state since 1989, has said in the past that the allegation, contained in prosecution documents, that he took more than $60 million in bribes was "a set-up".
Giffen has denied any wrongdoing.
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael Garcia said in a statement issued last night that the US, Kazakh and Swiss governments had agreed to release the $84 million to a new foundation for poor children.
"The complaint alleges that the funds are subject to civil forfeiture as proceeds traceable to bribery and wire fraud and property involved in money laundering," the statement, posted on the US Justice Department website, said.
"The indictment against Giffen charges him with diverting tens of millions of dollars paid by oil companies for oil and gas rights in Kazakhstan and to make unlawful payments to three senior Kazakh officials."
Kazakh government officials declined immediate comment. The Swiss Foreign Ministry said the money had been frozen in 1999.
The Giffen case, sometimes dubbed "Kazakhgate", grew out of a Swiss money laundering investigation and subsequent FBI probe. The businessman was arrested in March 2003 and has been awaiting trial since.
The $84 million plus accrued interest is likely to be spent on educational scholarships and small projects.
Kilka wierszy po polsku a reszta "wytnij" - wklej" - jestem pod wrażeniem....Do roboty "komentatorze"!!!!
Warto się uczyć języków, żeby umieć czytać i trochę lepiej świat rozumieć.
Ten dział to "Co ciekawsze informacje", czyli coś, co warto przekazać czytelnikom, ale albo czasu, albo ochoty autor nie ma, by się głębiej "wynurzać" na dane tematy. Więc kilka słów opisu (dla nieznających języka np. rosyjskiego), może słówko komentarza.
Inne działy są bardziej "pracowite". "Komentator" zaprasza :-)
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