Law360, New York (January 30, 2015, 3:19 PM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Justice wasted no time announcing its first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case of 2015. On Jan. 6, 2015, just two days into the first full week of the new year, Dmitrij Harder, the former owner and president of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc. and Chestnut Consulting Group Co. (generally referred to as the "Chestnut Group"), was indicted by a federal grand jury.[1] Harder was charged with violating the FCPA and Travel Act and participating in a scheme to launder the proceeds of those crimes. This case continues the trend of enforcement actions against individuals. It also involves the rarely used "public international organization" element of the FCPA's definition of "foreign official."...
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