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1 case
17 Jul 2026 The Scoular CompanyAgricultural trader Scoular pays 10 million USD over bribes to Mexican border officials €8.91m
From 2013 to 2019, Scoular had customs brokers pay around 400,000 USD to Mexican border and inspection officials so that trains carrying contaminated maize and grain would pass inspections; some of the money went to individuals close to cartels. Three-year DPA with a criminal penalty of 9,769,521 USD and forfeiture of 414,351 USD.
Customs agents and freight forwarders are high-risk third parties: question conspicuous flat fees per shipment, even if they appear to be customary charges.
Facilitation payments via customs agents and logistics service providers
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Fraud Section; USAO Western District of Texas)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- FCPA (Verschwörung zur Verletzung der Anti-Bestechungsvorschriften); Deferred Prosecution Agreement
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation and remediation (including an overhaul of compliance, third-party management, financial controls and anti-corruption training); 25 % reduction off the low end of the sentencing guidelines range.
- Liability of senior managers
- The customs broker Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais has pleaded guilty.
- Published
- 17 Jul 2026
Original amount 10,183,872 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.
- Agricultural Company to Pay Over $10M to Resolve Foreign Bribery Case Press release of an authority
- Deferred Prosecution Agreement, United States v. The Scoular Company, 3:26-cr-01685-KC (W.D. Tex.), filed 07/17/26 Decision of an authority
- DOJ Criminal Division: United States v. The Scoular Company (Fallseite) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link