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Patrick Joseph, Haiti Teleco Defendant, Sentenced to Prison

By David Saltzman on July 11th, 2012 Posted in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Haiti, Telecommunications

On July 6, 2012, Patrick Joseph was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and ordered to forfeit $955,596.69, for his role in the Haiti Teleco bribery scheme. Joseph, a former Director General for telecommunications at the Republic of Haiti’s state-owned national telecommunications company, Telecommunications D’Haiti (Haiti Teleco), had been charged with one… Continue Reading

Haiti Teleco Defendant Receives Record-Breaking Sentence for FCPA Violations

By Daniel Matzkin on November 15th, 2011 Posted in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Haiti, Telecommunications

As detailed in a previous blog post, a federal jury convicted Joel Esquinazi and Carlos Rodriguez, two former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp. (“Terra”), earlier this year on all counts for their roles in a scheme to pay bribes to Haitian government officials at the state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M (Haiti Teleco). Federal District Judge Jose… Continue Reading

Two Senior Executives Convicted In Haiti Teleco Bribes Case

By Gabriel Colwell on August 19th, 2011 Posted in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Haiti, Telecommunications

Following a two week trial, on August 4, 2011, a federal jury convicted Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez, former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp. (“Terra”), on all counts for their roles in a scheme to pay bribes to Haitian government officials at the state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M (Haiti Teleco). The DOJ’s press release is here…. Continue Reading