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Justice of the United States connects bribes of Petroecuador and Odebrecht – Ecuador Times

In anew indictment against the Ecuadorian American Frank Roberto Chatburn Ripalda,US justice has linked two bribery schemes that have occurred in Ecuador: that of the state Petroecuador and that of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. According to US justice, the amount of bribes related to Chatburn Ripalda would reach $ 3’270,980, paid to several Petroecuador officials, including one that “had various functions from 2012 to 2016, including the Pacific Refinery, Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Petroecuador.” The key to this puzzle is the transfers made from the accounts of the companies Denfield Investments Inc. and Sentinel Mandate & Escrow Ltd., domiciled in tax havens. Read more>>

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January 20, 2018

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#Factsmatter: An international arbitration panel found ‘no cogent evidence’ supporting #Ecuador’s claim that #Texaco failed to comply with terms of remediation in #Amazon. https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik

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The @WSJ sums this case up nicely, “[Steven Donziger] and his team fabricated evidence, promised $500,000 to an #Ecuadorean judge to rule in their favor, ghostwrote much of the final verdict and took other actions that ‘perverted’ the course of #justice. Mr. Donziger disputes the… https://t.co/soQ1qreULA

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Shameless. Disbarred and convicted of criminal contempt of court for bribing an Ecuadorian judge in an attempted extortion scheme, @SDonziger is nonetheless accepting invitations to speak at #climate rallies. Read more about this adjudicated racketeer: https://t.co/5eac0lRmN7

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Sworn testimony: While Texaco met its environmental obligations in the Amazon, #Ecuador’s national oil company did “absolutely nothing” to address its own remediation in the area. #FactsMatter:
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DENIED: @SCOTUS rejects hearing case of Steven Donziger, who bribed Ecuadorian judge in failed effort to bilk Chevron for billions of dollars. https://t.co/zT0dlozk5R

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