November 08, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Control Components Inc.'s former president and CEO to a four-month prison sentence, also sentencing the company's former sales manager to three months' probation for their participation in a foreign bribery scheme.
September 13, 2012
The former head of sales for California-based valve manufacturer Control Components Inc. on Thursday was sentenced to 13 months of home confinement and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for making an illegal payment to a Chinese business as part of a multimillion-dollar foreign bribery scheme.
June 14, 2012
Former Control Components Inc. executive David Edmonds on Thursday pled guilty to a role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe foreign officials in exchange for contracts to supply and service control valves that the company sold to clients in the nuclear, oil and gas industries.
June 07, 2012
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied most of the federal government's request to exclude 10 expert witnesses designated by former Control Components Inc. executive David Edmonds to testify in his upcoming trial over allegations he bribed foreign officials for business.
May 29, 2012
The former head of sales for valve manufacturer Control Components Inc. on Tuesday pled guilty in California federal court to charges stemming from his part in an alleged multimillion-dollar foreign bribery scheme, a move that could significantly reduce his possible prison sentence.
May 25, 2012
A former Control Components Inc. executive on Tuesday will change his not guilty plea to charges stemming from his part in an alleged foreign bribery scheme, according to a California federal court docket.
April 17, 2012
Two former executives of valve company Control Components Inc., including its ex-president, have pled guilty in California federal court to charges of bribing foreign officials to win business, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
April 16, 2012
A California federal judge on Monday ordered Steptoe & Johnson LLP to hand over U.S. government communications sought by former Control Components Inc. executives in a bid to suppress potentially damaging statements made during the law firm's internal probe of client CCI's foreign bribery scheme.
April 11, 2012
The U.S. government asked a California federal judge Monday to deny a subpoena in which former Control Components Inc. executives facing foreign bribery charges seek information on an investigation by Steptoe & Johnson LLP attorneys, saying the defendants were attempting a fishing expedition.
September 27, 2011
Federal prosecutors in the Control Components Inc. foreign bribery case in California said Monday that they do not have to prove that defendants knew the legal definition of "foreign official" in order to win convictions in the case.