Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Oil Executives Guilty for Roles in Bribery Scheme Involving Foreign Officials HOUSTON - The former CEO and chief operations officer (COO) of a Monaco-based intermediary company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries. These included Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya and Syria. The company’s former business development director also pleaded guilty for his role in paying bribes in Libya.Cyrus...