United States v. Robin Longoria (N.D. Ohio 2019)

• Case Name
• United States v. Robin Longoria (N.D. Ohio 2019)

• Date Filed
• 09/13/2019

• Enforcement Agency
• DOJ

• Countries
• Uganda

• Foreign Official
• Unnamed Ugandan government officials.

• Nature of Business
• Robin Longoria, a resident of Mansfield, Texas, was an employee of an Ohio-based adoption agency, and in charge of managing the agency’s Uganda program.

• Influence to be Obtained
• Longoria plead guilty to paying bribes to unnamed government officials in Uganda to secure “‘adoption-friendly’ judges and to corruptly influence the judges to grant the U.S. clients of the adoption agency guardianship rights over the Ugandan children.” Longoria further admitted to disguising the bribes as adoption fees to be paid to a Ugandan agent, unbeknownst to the adoption agency’s U.S. clients. Moreover, Longoria admitted to falsifying documents for submission to the U.S. State Department to manipulate it into granting visa applications for the Ugandan children being considered for adoption. lyjs

• Enforcement
• On August 29, 2019, Longoria plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA, to commit wire fraud, and to commit visa fraud.  Longoria's sentencing is pending.

• Citizenship of Parent Entity
• United States

• Compliance Monitor
• No

• Reporting Requirements
• No

• Case is Pending?
• No

• Related Enforcement Actions
• United States v. Margaret Cole, Debra Parris, and Dorah Mirembe (N.D. Ohio 2020)
  United States v. Margaret Cole, Debra Parris, and Dorah Mirembe (N.D. Ohio 2020)
  

• Industries
• Education/Foundations/Non-Profits

• Regions
• Sub-saharan Africa

Robin Longoria

• Citation
• United States v. Robin Longoria, No. 1:19-cr-00482-CAB-1 (N.D. Ohio 2019).

• Date Filed
• 09/13/2019

• Filed Under Seal
• No

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

• Other Statutory Provision
• Conspiracy (Money Laundering; Visa Fraud)

• Disposition
• Plea Agreement, Plea Agreement

• Defendant Jurisdictional Basis
• Domestic Concern, Territorial Jurisdiction

• Defendant's Citizenship
• United States

• Individual Sanction
• Pending