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KBR

U.S. v. Chodan (Nigeria LNG Contracts Bribery)

Date: 02/17/2009 (Date of Indictment)

Misconduct Type: Ethics

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: International

Court Type: Criminal

Amount: $746,885

Disposition: Pleaded Guilty

Synopsis: United Kingdom citizen Wojciech Chodan was charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction contracts to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Nigeria. The government alleged that Chodan, a former salesperson and consultant of M. W. Kellogg Ltd., a UK subsidiary of KBR, took part in discussions about paying bribes to Nigerian government officials in order to steer contracts to a four-company joint venture that included KBR. Chodan was charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and ten counts of violating the FCPA. In December 2010, Chodan pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA. In February 2012, he was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and a $20,000 fine. Chodan previously was ordered to forfeit $726,885.