Epstein Secrets

about law enforcement's motives," the motion said. "It raises serious questions as to why, in a white-collar case, the [U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York] disregarded its usual deliberate and careful investigative process in favor of a quick arrest of Mr. Avenatti and a big media splash."

with all the interesting legal issues involved, is only one of the trials the FCPA unit has on its plate. In Brooklyn on Oct. 7, Lebanese salesman Jean Boustani faces allegations that he bribed Mozambican officials to obtain business for shipbuilder Privinvest. While some of Boustani's co-defendants are char

about law enforcement's motives," the motion said. "It raises serious questions as to why, in a white-collar case, the [U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York] disregarded its usual deliberate and careful investigative process in favor of a quick arrest of Mr. Avenatti and a big media splash."

with all the interesting legal issues involved, is only one of the trials the FCPA unit has on its plate. In Brooklyn on Oct. 7, Lebanese salesman Jean Boustani faces allegations that he bribed Mozambican officials to obtain business for shipbuilder Privinvest. While some of Boustani's co-defendants are char

e la Paz Roman, who was born in the US but spent most of his life in Ecuador, was sentenced to 36 months in prison on to April by a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida. His case was unsealed in January, but has not been reported until now. De la Paz pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to

ms from a criminal case centering on alleged bribes to Mozambican officials and the theft of funds meant to build up Mozambique's maritime industry. Jean Boustani, a Lebanese shipbuilder salesman accused of involvement, lost a bid to get bail after he was extradited to the US while on vacation. EFTA00161675

District of Massachusetts U.S. v. Epstein, case number 1:19-er-0049n and U.S. v. Avenatti, case number uto-cr-00113, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and U.S. v. Boustani, case number 19-1018, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. FCPA Enforcement Hits High Watermark E

month, a team of prosecutors from across the U.S. Department of Justice had a jury reject their theories at the $1 billion securities fraud trial of Jean Boustani. The complex case theory was that investors in Mozambican sovereign debt were defrauded by not EFTA00161663 being told that Credit Suisse and Russ