| For Bribing Oil Officials
in Ecuador and Mexico Javier
Aguilar of Vitol Gets 4 Years in
Prison in EDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
EDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Sept 18 – In a Friday
afternoon sentencing, Javier
Aguilar was up after
conviction at trial of Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act
violations and money
laundering in connection with
a scheme to bribe
Ecuadorian officials. Aguilar
then pled guilty to severed
charges arising out of a
related scheme to bribe
officials at PEMEX Procurement
International, a wholly
owned affiliate of the Mexican
state-owned oil company,
PEMEX.
Inner City Press
was there, thread:
Defense: Yes,
Roger Ng got 10 years. But
thst was $1 billion. Here, the
Guidelines are 292 to 365
months.
AUSA: He
corrupted officials in Ecuador
and Mexico, on LPG then fuel
oil.
AUSA: He walked
away with $60 to $70 million.
[Aguillar passes
note to his lawyer Celia
Cohrn]
Judge Vitaliano:
Mr Aguilar is a tragic figure,
he had good education.
There is a
culture of corruption.
Maybe a dent is
being made. Look at the price
off oil. There was moral
turpitude.
I sentence you to
48 months [4 years], fine of
$100,000.
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