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Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €605.5m 55 % · 32 cases
- Sajo DongAOne, Daehan Flour Mills, CJ CheilJedang u. a. (7 Unternehmen) €384.3m 35 % · 1 case
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) €33.5m 3 % · 1 case
- Amica Chips S.p.A., Pata S.p.A., Preziosi Food S.p.A. €23.3m 2 % · 1 case
- Synadis Bio, Greenweez (mit Carrefour SA), ITM Entreprises (mit Les Mousquetaires), Les Comptoirs de la Bio €12.7m 1 % · 1 case
- The Scoular Company €8.91m 1 % · 1 case
- Alco Harvesting LLC dba Bonipak Produce Inc. und verbundene Unternehmen €5.22m 0 % · 1 case
- JBJ Agropecuária Ltda., Prima Foods S.A. €4.98m 0 % · 1 case
- VAFO PRAHA, s.r.o. €4.74m 0 % · 1 case
- McDonald’s Polska sp. z o.o.; 24/7 Communication sp. z o.o. (Auftragsverarbeiter) €4m 0 % · 1 case
- 51 more€15.2m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | €8.91m |
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
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- 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 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link