Box 6.3. United states enforcement against individuals
United States enforcement officials regularly emphasize in their public statements the priority given to prosecuting individuals as well as companies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Since 2017, more than 150 individuals have been charged publicly with criminal violations of the FCPA, nearly 100 have pleaded guilty, and 12 individuals have been convicted at trial. During that time, 38 corporations have entered agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges for FCPA violations. In a high-profile case related to the 1MDB scandal, a former manager of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was convicted at trial and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in 2023 (for more details on the 1MDB case, see previous case study).
