Owner of Hawaii Company Sentenced to Prison Term for Conspiring to Violate FCPA
A U.S. citizen and part-owner of a Honolulu-based engineering and consulting company was sentenced to 30 months in prison on May 13 for his involvement in a bribery conspiracy with a Micronesian government official, the Department of Justice said in…
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a press release. Frank James Lyon had pleaded guilty in January after he was charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (see 1904040035). Lyon conspired with Master Halbert, a Micronesian official, to award Lyon’s company contracts from the Micronesian government in exchange for cash bribes, the department said. Lyon also bribed Hawaii state officials as part of the conspiracy, according to the press release. As a result, Lyon obtained contracts worth more than $10 million, the department said. Halbert pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in April; sentencing is scheduled for July 29.