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Ex-Haiti official gets U.S. prison for telecom bribery
Source: Reuters
Ex-Haiti official gets U.S. prison for telecom bribery
MIAMI | Mon May 21, 2012 5:41pm EDT
(Reuters) - A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the Caribbean nation.
A jury unanimously found Jean Rene Duperval guilty in March in a case based on 2001-2005 dealings that involved several former officials who served under former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Duperval, a 45-year-old resident of Miramar, Florida, had faced up to 20 years imprisonment at his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez in Miami sentenced him to nine years and put him on notice that he will be deported after completing his term.
Duperval, a former director of international relations at Haiti Teleco, Haiti's state-run telecommunications company, was prosecuted as part of a broader investigation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S.-linked companies from bribing foreign officials.
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MIAMI | Mon May 21, 2012 5:41pm EDT
(Reuters) - A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the Caribbean nation.
A jury unanimously found Jean Rene Duperval guilty in March in a case based on 2001-2005 dealings that involved several former officials who served under former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Duperval, a 45-year-old resident of Miramar, Florida, had faced up to 20 years imprisonment at his sentencing. U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez in Miami sentenced him to nine years and put him on notice that he will be deported after completing his term.
Duperval, a former director of international relations at Haiti Teleco, Haiti's state-run telecommunications company, was prosecuted as part of a broader investigation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S.-linked companies from bribing foreign officials.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-usa-haiti-duperval-idUSBRE84K17L20120521
