January 11, 2019

Additional sentences handed down in UK prosecution of logistics and shipping company

The Serious Fraud Office announced the sentences of four men in connection with the agency’s four-year investigation of FH Bertling’s involvement in two separate bribery schemes – one to secure a freight forwarding contract on a North Sea oil exploration project and one on a $20 million contract in Angola.  Thirteen individuals have been charged, including the company:  four were acquitted, and nine have been convicted.

SFO news release | SFO case description (Project Jasmine)