On 10 May 2016, Alstom Power Ltd pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom to conspiracy to corrupt in relation to a contract to upgrade the burners at the Lithuanian Power Plant, following an investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office. Alstom Power Ltd was ordered to pay £ 11 million ($ 14 million) in compensation to the Lithuanian government, a £ 6.4 million fine ($ 8.2 million) and £ 700,000 ($ 896,000) in prosecution costs. This guilty plea was followed by the conviction of three managers. In May 2018, a former manager at Alstom Power Ltd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to corrupt and was sanctioned with a term of imprisonment of three years and six months along with a confiscation order of £ 410,786 ($ 526,000). In July 2018, a former manager at Alstom Power Sweden AB also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to corrupt. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years and seven months and ordered to pay £ 40,000 ($ 51,000) in costs. In December 2018, a former manager at Alstom Power Ltd’s Boiler Retrofits unit was convicted after trial. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of four years and six months and ordered to pay costs of £ 50,000 ($ 64,000).
Source: SFO press release, https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/serious-fraud-office (25 November 2019); SFO press release, https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/serious-fraud-office (19 December 2018); Working Group on Bribery, Phase 4 Two-Year Follow-Up Report of the United Kingdom, https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/anti-corruption-and-integrity.html (2019).
