United States v. Int’l Material Solutions Corp. and Thomas K. Qualey (S.D. Ohio 1999)

• Case Name
• United States v. Int’l Material Solutions Corp. and Thomas K. Qualey (S.D. Ohio 1999)

• Date Filed
• 02/08/1999

• Enforcement Agency
• DOJ

• Countries
• Brazil

• Foreign Official
• Lt. Col. in the Brazilian Air Force.

• Date of Conduct
• 1995 to 1996

• Nature of Business
• Sale of ten forklift trucks.

• Influence to be Obtained
• Approval of a bid to sell ten forklift trucks.

• Enforcement
• In 1995 and 1996, Mr. Qualey prepared and submitted bids to a Lieutenant Colonel in the Brazilian Air Force (BAF), who was the Foreign Liaison Officer for the BAF at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to sell forklifts to the BAF and to service them.  At the Lt. Colonel's suggestion, Mr. Qualey and International Materials Solutions paid over $67,000 in bribes to the Lt. Colonel in order to obtain said business.
  In 1999, International Materials Solutions pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to one count of foreign bribery by a domestic concern and one count of conspiracy to commit foreign bribery.
  In 1999, Mr. Qualey pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement, to one count of foreign bribery by a domestic concern and one count of conspiracy to commit foreign bribery.
   

• Amount of the Value
• $67,563.

• Amount of Business Related to Payment
• $392,250.

• Intermediary
• None

• Total Sanction
• $ 1,000

• Compliance Monitor
• No

• Reporting Requirements
• No

• Case is Pending?
• No

• Total Combined Monetary Sanction
• $ 3,500

• Related Enforcement Actions
• SEC v. Douglas A. Murphy, David G. Kay and Lawrence H. Theriot (S.D. Tex. 2002)
  

Int’l Material Solutions Corp. 

• Citation
• United States v. Int’l Material Solutions Corp., No. 3:99-cr-008 (S.D. Ohio 1999).

• Date Filed
• 02/08/1999

• Filed Under Seal
• No

• FCPA Statutory Provision
• • Anti-Bribery
  • Conspiracy: Anti-Bribery

• Other Statutory Provision
• None

• Disposition
• Plea Agreement

• Defendant Jurisdictional Basis
• Domestic Concern

• Defendant's Citizenship
• United States

• Individual Sanction
• 1-Year Probation; $1,000 Criminal Fine.

Thomas K. Qualey 

• Citation
• United States v. Int’l Material Solutions Corp., No. 3:99-cr-008 (S.D. Ohio 1999).

• Date Filed
• 02/08/1999

• Filed Under Seal
• No

• FCPA Statutory Provision
• • Anti-Bribery
  • Conspiracy: Anti-Bribery

• Other Statutory Provision
• None

• Disposition
• Plea Agreement

• Defendant Jurisdictional Basis
• Domestic Concern

• Defendant's Citizenship
• United States

• Individual Sanction
• 3-Year Probation; $2,500 Criminal Fine.