WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. authorities charged two British men Thursday with helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win construction contracts.
Federal prosecutors in Houston say Jeffrey Tesler, 60, and Wojciech Chodan, 71, conspired to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.The two men are charged with helping steer bribe money from Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC to officials of the Nigerian government to win contracts valued at more than $6 billion.
Authorities say Chodan discussed using Tesler and other agents to pay tens of millions of dollars worth of bribes.
Tesler was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police, and an arrest warrant has been issued for Chodan.
Last month, KBR pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston in the case and agreed to pay more than $400 million in fines.
The company admitted authorizing and paying bribes from 1995 to 2004 for contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria.
Based in Houston, KBR is a major engineering and construction services company with operations around the world. It was split from Halliburton in 2007.
KBR's former Chief Executive Albert "Jack" Stanley pleaded guilty in September to his role in the bribery scheme and is awaiting sentencing.
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Federal prosecutors in Houston say Jeffrey Tesler, 60, and Wojciech Chodan, 71, conspired to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.The two men are charged with helping steer bribe money from Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC to officials of the Nigerian government to win contracts valued at more than $6 billion.
Authorities say Chodan discussed using Tesler and other agents to pay tens of millions of dollars worth of bribes.
Tesler was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police, and an arrest warrant has been issued for Chodan.
Last month, KBR pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston in the case and agreed to pay more than $400 million in fines.
The company admitted authorizing and paying bribes from 1995 to 2004 for contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria.
Based in Houston, KBR is a major engineering and construction services company with operations around the world. It was split from Halliburton in 2007.
KBR's former Chief Executive Albert "Jack" Stanley pleaded guilty in September to his role in the bribery scheme and is awaiting sentencing.
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