More Oil from Azerbaijan: Jurisdiction over Foreign Nationals

• Author: Cecil C. Kuhne III
• Pages: 83-89

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More Oil from

Azerbaijan:

Jurisdiction over

Foreign Nationals

United States v. Bodmer

342 F.Supp.2d 176 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

On August 19, 2003, an individual by the name of Hans Bodmer (a

citizen of Switzerland) was ar rested while in South Korea on business

for his part in a fraudulent scheme involving the privatization of an

ente rpr ise t housa nds of mil es awa y—th e SOCA R. B odma r’s ap prehe n-

sion stemmed from a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy

to violate the FCPA and with his subsequent attempts to launder the

mounds of money that resulted from his prodigious eorts.