July 18

Andrew K. Levi comments on the recent mistrial in the FCPA sting case in the  Miami Daily Business Review. 

The Miami Daily Business Review's John Pacenti reached out to the Head of Nardello & Co.'s Miami office, Andrew K. Levi,  who is a former Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, for his expert opinion regarding the government’s recent setback in the war on FCPA violators. After six weeks of trial and 16 months of pretrial hearings, the prosecution of a major bribery sting operation with ties to the Miami-area resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury—an obvious disappointment in the government’s push to prosecute FCPA violators on a stricter scale. Levi commented on this proceeding and ultimate conclusion saying that when there are multiple defendants facing a number of trials prosecutors want a strong result to send a message to other defendants awaiting trial which “clearly [did] not happen with this mistrial.” Levi went on to summarize that “the defense attorneys effectively argued that no one ever used the word ‘bribe’ and instead referred to payments as commissions.”

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