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Maryland-based Transport Logistics International Inc. enters deferred prosecution agreement for violations of FCPA antibribery provisions
On March 13, a Maryland federal court unsealed bribery-related charges filed in January 2018 against Transport Logistics International, Inc. (“TLI”), a Maryland-based company which is part of France’s Daher Group, as well as a three-year deferred prosecution agreement filed on March 12. The government alleges that TLI conspired to violate the FCPA by arranging and paying bribes to Russian officials to obtain uranium transportation contracts between 2004 and 2014. Pursuant to the deferred prosecution agreement, TLI agreed to pay a $2 million criminal fine, adopt a compliance program, and provide periodic reporting to DOJ. According to the agreement, TLI received credit for its substantial cooperation with the investigation and for its remedial actions, including firing all employees involved in the criminal conduct.
As we covered here, in 2015 three individuals entered into guilty pleas in this matter: Vadim Mikerin, a former Russian official based in Maryland; Daren Condrey, a former co-president of TLI; and Boris Rubizhevsky, an alleged intermediary between TLI and Mikerin. Most recently and as covered here, Mark Lambert, the other former co-president of TLI, was charged in an 11-count indictment, unsealed in January 2018, alleging numerous violations of the FCPA and conspiracy to violate the FCPA.