Joint Ventures in Nigeria: A Request for Depositions

AuthorCecil C. Kuhne III
Pages143-151
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Joint Ventures in
Nigeria: A Request
for Depositions
United States v. Jefferson
594 F.Supp.2d 655 (E.D.Va. 2009)
William Jeerson, a member of the US House of Representatives from
1991 to 2009, was charged with a variety of crimes, most notably brib-
ery, conspiracy, wire fraud, foreign corrupt practices, money launder-
ing, obstruction of justice, and racketeering. e government alleged
that Jeerson illegally used his oce to meet with foreign government
ocials to solicit bribes from:
the president of iGate, a telecommunications rm based in Lou-
isville, Kentucky, in order to promote the company’s technology
in Africa;

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