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Tim Belevetz Quoted in VOA News: "US Prosecutors: China Corruption Case Grows Stronger"

Timothy Belevetz was quoted in the VOA News article, "US Prosecutors: China Corruption Case Grows Stronger."

The article included:

Ho pleaded not guilty.

Timothy Belevetz, a former federal prosecutor, said bribery cases under the foreign bribery law known as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act rarely go to trial.

"This is an opportunity for law to be made," Belevetz said.

FCPA was passed in 1977 in response to disclosures that U.S. companies were bribing foreign officials to secure business deals. The law has since been amended, giving the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission broad jurisdiction over foreign companies that have subsidiaries in the United States or trade on U.S. stock exchanges.

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