The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Case summary: The state-controlled industries were transferred to private ownership by the new government of Azerbaijan. The purchase of ownership of the companies was based on a voucher program. The persons FBJ and K were interested in purchasing SOCAR - an Azerbaijani oil company. The person K met with various leaders to discuss SOCAR and offered them two-third profit by setting up a series of companies without investing in any amount. The offer compensation for influencing the president for putting SOCAR on sale.
To find : The duties K was entrusted under the FCPA.
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