Houston Oil Trader Gets 4 Years In $500 Million International Bribery Scheme
- Javier Aguilar, a former Houston-based oil trader, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for international bribery and money-laundering schemes involving Mexico and Ecuador.
- Prosecutors said Aguilar helped pay more than $1 million in bribes to obtain and retain business for Vitol through contracts worth more than $500 million.
- Aguilar was ordered to forfeit about $7.13 million and pay a $100,000 fine; restitution will be decided later.
- U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said the sentence was intended to deter similar international bribery schemes.
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Javier Aguilar, a Mexican citizen residing in Houston, Texas, and a former oil contract operator, was sentenced in Brooklyn, New York, to four years in prison for bribing officials from Ecuador and Mexico.
Javier Aguilar, a Mexican oil ex-operator, was sentenced to 4 years in the United States for bribery of officials from Mexico and Ecuador.
Javier Aguilar, 52, must pay $7.13 million in confiscation and a fine of $100,000. Seven of his accomplices, including three foreign government officials, have pleaded guilty
A federal judge in the United States sentenced former Mexican oil trader Javier Aguilar to 4 years in prison for bribes from Grupo Vitol
Javier Aguilar, former operator of Vitol, was sentenced for participating in two corruption schemes in Ecuador and Mexico. Nilsen Arias and Antonio Peré testified.
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wbap.comHouston Oil Trader Gets 4 Years In $500 Million International Bribery Scheme
A Houston-based former oil trader has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his role in international bribery and money-laundering schemes involving officials in Mexico and Ecuador, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Javier Aguilar, 52, was also ordered to forfeit approximately $7.13 million and pay a $100,000 fine after prosecutors said […]
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