United States v. Edward Thiessen (D. Conn. 2019)

• Case Name
• United States v. Edward Thiessen (D. Conn. 2019)

• Date Filed
• 07/10/2019

• Enforcement Agency
• DOJ

• Foreign Official
• Unnamed government officials at PLN, Indonesia's state-owned and controlled electricity company.

• Date of Conduct
• 2002 to 2009

• Nature of Business
• Alstom S.A. is a French power and transportation company focused on constructing and providing services related to power generation facilities, power grids, and rail transportation systems around the world.  Alstom S.A. maintained a class of securities on the New York Stock Exchange until August 2004. 
  
  Edward Thiessen was employed as Alstom’s Indonesia Country President. 

• Influence to be Obtained
• According to the DOJ, in 2002, Alstom S.A. entered into a joint-venture partnership with Marubeni to procure a valuable power services contract in Indonesia (the “Tarahan Project”).
  
  Beginning in 2002, the DOJ alleges that executives and other employees of Alstom S.A. hired two consultants with the intent to bribe members of the Indonesian parliament and the state-owned power company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (“PLN”), in exchange for securing the contract for the Tarahan Project.  According to the DOJ, Thiessen coordinated via email, phone, and in person with fellow co-conspirators to pay the consultants and conceal the payments.  In 2005, Marubeni and Alstom S.A. were awarded the contract for the Tarahan Project.

• Enforcement
• On July 10, 2019, the DOJ charged Thiessen with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.  On the same day, Thiessen pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count; sentencing is currently pending.    

• Amount of the Value
• Not Stated.

• Amount of Business Related to Payment
• Not Stated.

• Intermediary
• Third-party Consultants.

• Citizenship of Parent Entity
• France

• Compliance Monitor
• No

• Reporting Requirements
• No

• Case is Pending?
• No

• Related Enforcement Actions
• United States v. Larry Puckett (D. Conn. 2019)
  United States v. Alstom S.A. (D. Conn. 2014)
  United States v. Alstom Network Schweiz AG (D. Conn. 2014) 
  United States v. Alstom Grid, Inc. (D. Conn. 2014) 
  United States v. Alstom Power, Inc. (D. Conn. 2014)
  United States v. Frederic Pierucci (D. Conn. 2012) 
  United States v. Lawrence Hoskins and William Pomponi (third superseding indictment, filed April 2015) 
  United States v. David Rothschild (D. Conn. 2012)
  United States v. Marubeni Corporation (S.D. Tex. 2012)
  United States v. Frederic Pierucci (D. Conn. 2012) 
  United States v. Lawrence Hoskins and William Pomponi (third superseding indictment, filed April 2015) 
  United States v. David Rothschild (D. Conn. 2012)
  United States v. Alstom S.A. (D. Conn. 2014)
  United States v. Alstom Network Schweiz AG (D. Conn. 2014) 
  United States v. Alstom Grid, Inc. (D. Conn. 2014) 
  United States v. Alstom Power, Inc. (D. Conn. 2014)
  United States v. Junji Kusunoki, Reza Moenaf, and Eko Sulianto (D. Connecticut 2013)
  

Edward Thiessen

• Citation
• United States v. Edward Thiessen, No. 3:19-cr-00181, (D. Conn. 2019).

• Date Filed
• 07/10/2019

• Filed Under Seal
• No

• Date Case Was Unsealed
• 07/07/2020
  

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

• Other Statutory Provision
• None. 

• Disposition
• Guilty Plea

• Defendant Jurisdictional Basis
• Domestic Concern, Agent of Domestic Concern

• Individual Sanction
• Time served.