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  1. August 04, 2023

    Tossed In NY, Ex-Vitol Trader Hit With FCPA Claims In Texas

    A former Vitol Group oil trader facing charges in New York of funneling bribes to officials of state-backed Petroecuador to secure a $300 million contract on Thursday was hit with a new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case involving Mexico's state-owned oil company, after related charges were dismissed in Brooklyn on venue grounds. 

  2. July 07, 2023

    Ex-Vitol Trader Can't Suppress Emails In Bribery Case

    A former Vitol Group oil trader accused of funneling bribes to officials of state-backed Petroecuador to secure a $300 million fuel contract has lost his bid to suppress tens of thousands of emails seized by the federal government after a Brooklyn federal judge concluded investigators acted reasonably in executing the search warrant.

  3. June 07, 2023

    Ex-Vitol Oil Trader's FCPA Trial Set For January

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday set a January trial date in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against a former Vitol Group oil trader who's accused of funneling bribes to officials of state-backed Petroecuador to secure a $300 million fuel contract, days after tossing two counts on venue grounds.

  4. December 02, 2022

    Embattled Ex-Vitol Oil Trader Hit With More FCPA Charges

    Prosecutors filed new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges on Friday against a former Vitol Group oil trader who's accused of funneling bribes to Petroecuador officials to secure a $300 million fuel contract, claiming he engaged in similar crimes with Mexican officials as well.

  5. September 13, 2022

    Oil Trader Says Feds Playing Hide The Ball In FCPA Case

    A former Vitol Group oil trader accused of funneling bribes to Petroecuador officials told a New York federal judge Tuesday that prosecutors have refused to provide basic details about the alleged corruption, in a case still mired in discovery dust-ups more than two years after charges were filed.

  6. October 02, 2020

    Oil Trader's Atty Says No Plea Talks Yet In Ecuador Bribe Rap

    A Texas oil trader pled not guilty Friday in Brooklyn federal court to charges that he paid $870,000 in bribes from his former firm, Vitol Group, to former Ecuadorian officials in exchange for business including a $300 million fuel contract — and his lawyer shook off a prosecutor's overture to begin plea talks.

  7. September 23, 2020

    Feds Say Oil Trader's 'Token Of Appreciation' Was A Bribe

    A Texas oil trader was charged Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York, with paying $870,000 in bribes for his former firm, Vitol Group, to former officials at Ecuador's national petroleum concern — payments he allegedly called a "token of appreciation" for business including a $300 million fuel contract.