From: To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: FCPA Daily Digest Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:56:02 +0000 Importance: Normal FCPA DAILY DIGEST Miami businessman sentenced in PetroEcuador bribery case sl piglobalinvestigationsrevieve.comiarticlenach212276(miami-businessman-sentenced-in-petroccuador-bribery-case) Criminal Division weakens monitor diversity provision, sparking criticism (https://globalinvestigationsrevieve.com/article/jac/12122n/criminal-division-weakens-monitor-diversity-provision-sparking-criticism) The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019 (https://vmw.law360.com/whitecollar/articles/121.6202/the-biggest-white-collar-cases-of-2019) DOJ Found New Ways To Coax Corporate Compliance In 2019 (https://vmw.law160.com/articles/1216204&j-found-new-wa -to-coax-corporate-compliance-in-2019) Ex-Legal Chief Says Cognizant Withholding Defense Atty Fees (https://www.law160.com/articles/1229tegal-chief-says-cognizant-withholding-defense-atty-fees Eight need-to-know compliance takeaways from Russia this year (https://fc log.com/2019/12/19 ght-need-to-know-compliance-takeawms-from-russia-this-yearn The FCPA Turns 42 antp://fcpaprofessor.comficpa-turns-011 Miami businessman sentenced in PetroEcuador bribery case By Clara Hudson Frank Robert Chatburn Ripalda, a US and Ecuadorian citizen, was sentenced in a Miami federal court on 18 December to 42 months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme at Ecuador's state-owned oil company, PetroEcuador. In an October deal with prosecutors, Chatburn pleaded guilty. to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. As well as the prison time, US District Judge Marcia Cooke sentenced Chatburn to three years supervised release and ordered him to pay a $40,000 fine. The chambers of Judge Cooke told GIR that the courtroom was packed, as one side of the gallery was filled with Chatburn's family and friends. Chatburn was indicted in April 2018 for allegedly facilitating bribe payments worth $3.2 million to offi