Kamta Ramnarine, 69, an Indian origin man was found guilty for bribing Mexican officials to secure contracts, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell had said. He is a co-owner of an aircraft maintenance company that was found guilty in the $2 million-bribery case involving the Mexican officials.
“The six convictions announced today demonstrate the (Justice) department’s commitment to holding accountable those who further official corruption through bribery,” Caldwell said.
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“The individuals involved in this scheme paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials in exchange for aviation contracts that placed legitimate businesses at a significant competitive disadvantage,” said Rick Goss, the Special Agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations.
Ramnarine had admitted to bribing and conspiring to bribe several foreign officials to ensure that his Brownsville-based company can win aircraft parts and services contracts with the Mexican government-owned customers and a public university.
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The conviction of Ramnarine of Brownsville, Texas, has followed after his admission before the Federal Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa in McAllen, Texas, that had said that he had conspired to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that makes bribing foreign officials a crime that is prosecutable in the US.
He and three others, who are either co-owned or were associated with the aircraft maintenance companies and two Mexican state government officials were all found guilty in the $2 million-bribery scheme, officials said.
By Premji
