因涉嫌美國兩起賄賂案,曾在維多集團(Vitol Group)擔(dān)任石油交易員的哈維爾·阿吉拉爾在聯(lián)邦法院認罪,刑期可能長達40年,罰金也超過710萬美元。
聯(lián)邦檢察官在一份聲明中表示,今年2月,50歲的阿吉拉爾在紐約布魯克林曾被判精心策劃行賄墨西哥和厄瓜多爾官員,8月21日他又對另一起指控認罪,從而兩起案件合并。如此一來美國紐約布魯克林地區(qū)法官埃里克·維塔利亞諾可對兩起訴訟作出判決。
第二起指控在得克薩斯州提起,兩起案件中阿吉拉爾被指犯有共謀、外國賄賂和洗錢罪。在布魯克林,檢察官指控他為了獲得5億美元的業(yè)務(wù),在酒店、機場甚至停車場用現(xiàn)金行賄。
“今天被告認罪時承認自己參與了國際大宗商品市場中的廣泛腐敗,拋棄了適用于所有人的法律和規(guī)則,不公平地為少數(shù)人中飽私囊,”布魯克林美國檢察官布雷恩·皮斯在一份聲明中表示。
得克薩斯州的五項指控中,前經(jīng)理兼石油交易員阿吉拉爾被指串通并行賄墨西哥國家石油公司(PEMEX)國際采購部的墨西哥官員。
阿吉拉爾的律師伊蓮娜·賈羅斯勞表示,認罪后當(dāng)事人面臨的未決指控都已解決。
“阿吉拉爾對自己在維多的工作承擔(dān)責(zé)任,相信維塔利亞諾法官會做出公正判決,”賈羅斯勞在聲明中表示。
2020年,全球最大的獨立石油貿(mào)易商維多與美國司法部就三個國家行賄的指控達成1.6億美元和解協(xié)議。2020年,阿吉拉爾被指在維多休斯頓子公司工作期間策劃了為期五年的賄賂和洗錢計劃。
得克薩斯州的案件是美國司法部訴阿吉拉爾案,案件編號23-cr-00335,美國得克薩斯州南區(qū)地方法院(休斯頓)。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
因涉嫌美國兩起賄賂案,曾在維多集團(Vitol Group)擔(dān)任石油交易員的哈維爾·阿吉拉爾在聯(lián)邦法院認罪,刑期可能長達40年,罰金也超過710萬美元。
聯(lián)邦檢察官在一份聲明中表示,今年2月,50歲的阿吉拉爾在紐約布魯克林曾被判精心策劃行賄墨西哥和厄瓜多爾官員,8月21日他又對另一起指控認罪,從而兩起案件合并。如此一來美國紐約布魯克林地區(qū)法官埃里克·維塔利亞諾可對兩起訴訟作出判決。
第二起指控在得克薩斯州提起,兩起案件中阿吉拉爾被指犯有共謀、外國賄賂和洗錢罪。在布魯克林,檢察官指控他為了獲得5億美元的業(yè)務(wù),在酒店、機場甚至停車場用現(xiàn)金行賄。
“今天被告認罪時承認自己參與了國際大宗商品市場中的廣泛腐敗,拋棄了適用于所有人的法律和規(guī)則,不公平地為少數(shù)人中飽私囊,”布魯克林美國檢察官布雷恩·皮斯在一份聲明中表示。
得克薩斯州的五項指控中,前經(jīng)理兼石油交易員阿吉拉爾被指串通并行賄墨西哥國家石油公司(PEMEX)國際采購部的墨西哥官員。
阿吉拉爾的律師伊蓮娜·賈羅斯勞表示,認罪后當(dāng)事人面臨的未決指控都已解決。
“阿吉拉爾對自己在維多的工作承擔(dān)責(zé)任,相信維塔利亞諾法官會做出公正判決,”賈羅斯勞在聲明中表示。
2020年,全球最大的獨立石油貿(mào)易商維多與美國司法部就三個國家行賄的指控達成1.6億美元和解協(xié)議。2020年,阿吉拉爾被指在維多休斯頓子公司工作期間策劃了為期五年的賄賂和洗錢計劃。
得克薩斯州的案件是美國司法部訴阿吉拉爾案,案件編號23-cr-00335,美國得克薩斯州南區(qū)地方法院(休斯頓)。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
Javier Aguilar, former oil trader for Vitol Group, departs federal court in Brooklyn in 2024.
Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Ex-Vitol Group oil trader Javier Aguilar faces as much as 40 years in prison and will forfeit more than $7.1 million in two U.S. bribery cases after entering a guilty plea in federal court.
Aguilar, 50, had already been convicted in Brooklyn, New York, in February of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to bribe Mexican and Ecuadorian officials, but he pleaded guilty to a second set of charges Wednesday, consolidating the two cases, federal prosecutors said in a statement. The move allows US District Judge Eric Vitaliano to impose the sentence in both prosecutions.
In both cases — the second one was initially filed in Texas — Aguilar was accused of violating conspiracy, foreign bribery and money laundering charges. In Brooklyn, prosecutors alleged that he gave out cash payments at hotels, airports, and even in a parking lot as part of a scheme to win $500 million in business.
“With today’s guilty plea the defendant admits his role in the widespread corruption of the international commodities market and to casting aside laws and rules that apply to all to unfairly line the pockets of the few,” Brooklyn US Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement.
The five-count Texas indictment accused Aguilar, a former manager and oil trader, of colluding to bribe Mexican officials working for PEMEX Procurement International.
Ilene Jaroslaw, a lawyer for Aguilar, said the plea resolves all of the pending charges against her client.
“Mr. Aguilar acknowledged responsibility for his role at Vitol, and we have confidence that Judge Vitaliano will impose a fair sentence,” Jaroslaw said in a statement.
Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, agreed in 2020 to a $160 million settlement with the DOJ over allegations that it paid bribes in three countries. Aguilar was charged in 2020 with orchestrating a five-year bribery and money-laundering scheme while working at Vitol’s subsidiary in Houston.
The Texas case is US v. Aguilar, 23-cr-00335, US District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston).