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U.S. accuses retired colonel of Haitian bribery scheme
Source: Reuters
#U.S. AUGUST 29, 2017 / 9:31 AM / AN HOUR AGO
U.S. accuses retired colonel of Haitian bribery scheme
Nate Raymond
3 MIN READ
BOSTON (Reuters) - A retired U.S. Army colonel was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he conspired to bribe senior Haitian officials in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in the Caribbean country, U.S. prosecutors said.
Joseph Baptiste, a dentist who served on the board of a company that promoted the project, solicited bribes from undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agents posing as potential investors, federal prosecutors in Boston said.
Baptiste, a resident of Fulton, Maryland, was arrested in his home state, prosecutors said.
He was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Boston federal court with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to commit money laundering.
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U.S. accuses retired colonel of Haitian bribery scheme
Nate Raymond
3 MIN READ
BOSTON (Reuters) - A retired U.S. Army colonel was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he conspired to bribe senior Haitian officials in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in the Caribbean country, U.S. prosecutors said.
Joseph Baptiste, a dentist who served on the board of a company that promoted the project, solicited bribes from undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agents posing as potential investors, federal prosecutors in Boston said.
Baptiste, a resident of Fulton, Maryland, was arrested in his home state, prosecutors said.
He was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Boston federal court with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to commit money laundering.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-haiti-corruption-idUSKCN1B91KG
