A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss an indictment on the novel argument that the officials who allegedly were bribed didn’t meet the definition of foreign official under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The ruling was the first to address whether a foreign official could include executives who work for state-owned corporations. While the government maintains it does, defense attorneys increasingly have challenged that.
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