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Two Former SBM Offshore Executives Plead Guilty to FCPA Violations
The Department of Justice announced last week that two former executives of SBM Offshore (“SBM”), a Dutch oil and gas services company, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Anthony Mace, SBM’s CEO from 2008 to 2011, and Robert Zubiate, a former U.S.-based sales and marketing executive, admitted their involvement in a scheme to bribe government officials in Brazil, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The government’s allegations relate to payments made and kickbacks provided to foreign officials in exchange for their assistance in securing contracts in those countries.
Zubiate is scheduled for sentencing on January 31, 2018, and Mace is scheduled for sentencing on February 2, 2018.
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