August 04, 2023
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.
July 07, 2023
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.
June 07, 2023
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.
December 02, 2022
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.
September 13, 2022
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.
October 02, 2020
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.
September 23, 2020
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.