August 26, 2011
Two Terra Telecommunications Corp. executives convicted of trying to bribe officials at a purportedly state-owned company in Haiti asked a Florida federal judge Thursday for an acquittal or new trial, saying new evidence shows Telecommunications D'Haiti SAM is a private outfit.
August 05, 2011
A Florida federal jury convicted two telecommunications executives Thursday for their roles in a scheme to bribe officials at a state-owned company in Haiti, the latest salvo in a federal probe that has already sent several businessmen and government officials to prison.
July 22, 2011
Two former executives of a Haitian telecommunications company and a stateside consultant pled not guilty in Florida federal court on Wednesday for their alleged roles in a vast bribery and money laundering scheme.
July 14, 2011
A former Terra Telecommunications Corp. president fought back Thursday against prosecutors' plans to introduce new evidence regarding alleged mortgage and bankruptcy frauds at his upcoming Florida trial over charges that he took part in a government bribery scheme in Haiti.
July 13, 2011
Prosecutors indicted Cinergy Telecommunications Inc., two former company executives and an ex-Haitian government official as additional defendants Tuesday in an ongoing Florida criminal case over an alleged bribery scheme at Haiti's state-owned telecommunications company.
June 21, 2011
A former Terra Telecommunications Corp. president lost his bid Monday to bar a government expert witness from his upcoming Florida trial over charges that he took part in a scheme to bribe officials at Haiti's state-owned telecommunications company.
November 18, 2010
Prosecutors have urged a federal judge to rebuff a former Terra Telecommunications Corp. president's efforts to have the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against him nixed, claiming that the evidence overcomes his objections.
November 16, 2010
Prosecutors have fired back at a former Terra Telecommunications Corp. president's bid to have the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against him tossed because of the destruction of documents in the course of the company's bankruptcy.
November 04, 2010
A Miami telecommunications executive has asked a federal judge to toss the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case pending against him, maintaining that any alleged improper payments to officers of Haiti’s state-owned national telecommunications company do not constitute bribes to foreign officials.
June 03, 2010
A former executive of Haiti's state-owned telecommunications company has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to launder bribe money from three U.S. telecom companies.