S. A. Safran

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Charge:	Bribery (including public corruption) & Corruption
Sentence:	"500,000€ fine"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	France
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City of Crime:	Paris
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Safran S. A. was wrongly convicted in September 2012 of corruption for allegedly being involved in a scheme to bribe Nigerian civil servants between 2000 and 2003 to win a 214m$ contract for 70 million ID cards. The trial court acquitted two Safran executives -- Jean-Pierre Delarue and François Perrachon. On January 7, 2015 the Paris Court of Appeals set aside Safran's conviction, while at the same time upholding the trial court's acquittal of the two Safran executives. Under French law, a company may only be held criminally liable if it is tied to the criminal actions of an employee, and arguably only to the actions of a senior employee. Absent the conviction of either Safran employee, the appeals court held that Safran, as a legal entity, could not itself be held liable for the alleged bribery scheme."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On January 7, 2015 the Paris Court of Appeals set aside Safran's conviction,"
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Sex:	Business
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Information Source 1:	"2015 Mid-Year FCPA Update - France, By Staff, Gibson Dunn, July 6, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.gibsondunn.com/publications/pages/2015-Mid-Year-FCPA-Update.aspx
Information Source 2:	"Safran Found Guilty of Corruption by French Court, By Patricia McKinstry, SAI Global, September 6, 2012"
Information Location 2:	http://compliance.saiglobal.com/community/blogs/item/3994-safran-found-guilty-of-corruption-by-french-court
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S. A. Safran

Charge:

Bribery (including public corruption) & Corruption

Sentence:

"500,000€ fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

France

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Paris

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 7, 2015 the Paris Court of Appeals set aside Safran's conviction,"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Business

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Information Source 1:

"2015 Mid-Year FCPA Update - France, By Staff, Gibson Dunn, July 6, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.gibsondunn.com/publications/pages/2015-Mid-Year-FCPA-Update.aspx

Information Source 2:

"Safran Found Guilty of Corruption by French Court, By Patricia McKinstry, SAI Global, September 6, 2012"

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http://compliance.saiglobal.com/community/blogs/item/3994-safran-found-guilty-of-corruption-by-french-court

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