阿尔斯通前高管提请美国法官驳回其所受海外贿赂相关指控

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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Lawyers for Lawrence Hoskins, a former Alstom senior vice president, last week asked a judge to dismiss charges against their client over delays that they say have violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

康涅狄格州纽黑文--阿尔斯通(Alstom SA, ALO.FR)前高级副总裁Lawrence Hoskins的律师们上周提请一位法官基于有关拖延之举驳回Hoskins所受指控，他们说拖延之举侵犯了宪法赋予Hoskins的快速审判权利。

Mr. Hoskins, who was arrested in 2014, is charged with helping organize a scheme to bribe Indonesian government officials to win a $118 million power contract for Alstom.

Hoskins于2014年被捕，被控协助安排旨在贿赂印尼政府官员、以便为阿尔斯通赢得一项价值1.18亿美元的电力合同的计划。

The latest round of pretrial motions in the case—one of the longest-running FCPA cases currently being litigated—demonstrates the obstacles prosecutors face in bringing charges of bribery that occurred outside the U.S., as well as the obstacles faced by executives in defending themselves against those charges.

Hoskins案是目前处于诉讼阶段的《海外反腐败法》(Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)案件中历时最长的之一，该案的最新一波审前动议展现了美国检方在对海外贿赂行为提起指控过程中面临的障碍，以及涉案高管就这些指控为自己辩护时所面临的障碍。

Mr. Hoskins, a British national who worked for Alstom in a Paris suburb for less than three years, has made his tenuous links to the U.S. central to his defense. He says he never set foot in the U.S. while at Alstom, which has its headquarters in France.

Hoskins是英国人，曾在巴黎的一个郊区为阿尔斯通工作不到三年。他已将辩护重心放在自己与美国的微弱关联上。他说，供职于总部设在法国的阿尔斯通期间，他从未踏足过美国。

“Mr. Hoskins is living proof of the significant challenges faced by foreign nationals defending charges in the United States that are premised on old, extraterritorial conduct,” Chris Morvillo, a lawyer representing Mr. Hoskins, said at a pretrial hearing last Wednesday.

Hoskins的一名代表律师Chris Morvillo上周三在一场审前听证会上表示∶“面对美国基于过往在美国境外发生的行为所作指控，外国公民进行辩护时面临重大挑战，Hoskins就是活生生的例子。”

The case is being heard in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, where an Alstom subsidiary was based. Alstom agreed to pay $772 million in 2014 to resolve the Justice Department probe. Mr. Hoskins’s trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 3.

该案由康涅狄格州联邦地方法院审理。康涅狄格州是阿尔斯通一家子公司的所在地。阿尔斯通在2014年同意支付7.72亿美元和解美国司法部的相关调查。Hoskins案定于9月3日开审。

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Dylan Tokar

Aug. 12, 2019 6:51 pm ET

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