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How Far Does the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reach?

By Mike King

QUESTION:        

HOW FAR DOES THE U.S. FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT REACH?       

ANSWER:            

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENFORCES THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT IN “EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE!”

But I work for a foreign company, I am not a U.S. citizen and I never set foot in the United States?!

In November 2019, Lawrence Hoskins was convicted of six counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, three counts of money laundering and two counts of conspiracy in a U.S.

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