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Company: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
Current Parent Company: KBR
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Penalty: $402,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: February 11, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Foreign Bribery
Violation Description: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty to charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Criminal Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: construction and engineering
Specific Industry of Current Parent: construction & engineering
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.