Aug 21, 2023 · Aguilar is charged with violating the FCPA and conspiracy to do so, which both carry a possible five-year-federal prison sentence as does a conviction of violation of the Travel Act. If convicted of either of the two money laundering charges, he could receive up to …

Aug 22, 2024 · HOUSTON – A 50-year-old former energy trader from Houston has pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to bribe Mexican government officials to secure contracts for his then-employer Vitol Inc., the U.S. affiliate of the largest independent energy trading firm in the world.

Feb 23, 2024 · The trial evidence showed that, between 2015 and 2020, Aguilar was a trader in Vitol’s Houston office. As a part of the scheme, Aguilar and his co-conspirators agreed to bribe senior Ecuadorian officials to obtain a $300 million contract to purchase fuel oil for Vitol.

Feb 26, 2024 · The US Department of Justice recently announced that Houston resident and Mexican citizen Javier Aguilar, a former oil and gas trader for Vitol, Inc., was convicted on all counts of a superseding indictment for his alleged participation in a foreign bribery and money laundering scheme between 2015 and 2020.

Aug 25, 2024 · Court documents say Javier Aguilar, 50, and other co-conspirators paid about $600,000 in bribes to senior officials at PEMEX Procurement Interional Inc. (PPI) in exchange for assisting in...

Aug 22, 2023 · The charges allege that Javier Aguilar illegally paid Mexican officials to secure business advantages and laundered money as part of the scheme.

Aug 22, 2023 · Javier Aguilar of Texas has been charged under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for paying bribes to officials of Petróleos Mexicanos, or PEMEX, a state-owned oil company of Mexico, and...

Jan 5, 2024 · Javier Aguilar is accused of bribing Ecuadorian and Mexican government officials to win more than $500 million in business for Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil-trading firm, from...

Feb 23, 2024 · Between 2015 and 2020, Aguilar was a trader in Vitol’s Houston office. As a part of the scheme, Aguilar and his co-conspirators agreed to bribe senior Ecuadorian officials to obtain a $300 million contract to purchase fuel oil for Vitol.

Aug 23, 2024 · HOUSTON, Texas — A 50-year-old former energy trader from Houston has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to bribe Mexican government officials to secure contracts for his then-employer Vitol Inc., the U.S. affiliate of the largest independent energy trading firm in …