Telefonica Subsidiary to Pay $85 Million in FCPA Case

Posted 11/8/24

Telefónica Venezolana C.A.  a Venezuela-based subsidiary of Telefónica S.A.  a publicly traded global telecommunications operator based in Spain, will pay over $85.2 million to resolve an investigation by the Justice Department into a scheme to bribe government officials in Venezuela to receive preferential access to U.S. dollars in a currency auction.

Telefónica Venezolana entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with a criminal information filed today in the Southern District of New York charging the company with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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