On March 31, 2026, Alfonso Wilson, a Texas businessman, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for his role in a bribery scheme involving a Mexican government official. Wilson had been charged by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas for his role in a scheme to bribe a foreign official at PEMEX Exploración y Producción (“PEP”), the wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos (“PEMEX”), Mexico’s state-owned oil company.
According to the criminal information, Wilson, a dual citizen of United States and Mexico, conspired with at least five others to cause an unnamed equipment company to offer “millions of dollars” in bribes to a PEP official in order to enable the equipment company to secure a $540 million contract with PEMEX, which was awarded in or around December 2021. According to the criminal information, Wilson received a total of $415,800 in commissions in connection with the December 2021 Contract.
As part of Wilson’s guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed not to file additional counts against Wilson for the conduct described in the criminal information. They also agreed to recommend that the court, when determining his sentence, consider that the corrupt payments were more than $1.5 million but less than $3.5 million, and that Wilson was an “average participant” that does not qualify for an Aggravating Role enhancement. Wilson also agreed that he received $383,896 from the scheme and stipulated to forfeiting that amount. Wilson is currently scheduled to be sentenced on June 26, 2026.
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