Two U.S.-based energy executives pleaded guilty on Tuesday
to U.S. charges stemming from a scheme to corruptly secure contracts by bribing
officials from Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA. A former general manager of
a Florida-based energy company, Juan Jose Hernandez Comerma, 51, and an owner
of several Texas-based energy companies, Charles Quintard Beech, 46, each
pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to conspiring to violate the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. They
were the latest to plead guilty as part of a broader ongoing probe into bribery
at PDVSA. Their sentencing is scheduled for July 14, 2017. More… 
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
U.S. probe of Venezuelan state oil firm spurs more guilty pleas
Two U.S.-based energy executives pleaded guilty on Tuesday
to U.S. charges stemming from a scheme to corruptly secure contracts by bribing
officials from Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA. A former general manager of
a Florida-based energy company, Juan Jose Hernandez Comerma, 51, and an owner
of several Texas-based energy companies, Charles Quintard Beech, 46, each
pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to conspiring to violate the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. They
were the latest to plead guilty as part of a broader ongoing probe into bribery
at PDVSA. Their sentencing is scheduled for July 14, 2017. More… 
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