Sentence examples for executive prosecution from inspiring English sources

In the years since, the country's been treated to one high-profile executive prosecution after another, the inevitable fallout from of a historic market bust.

The company was first linked to the scandal in Brazil in February, when allegations emerged during testimony from a former Petrobras executive turned prosecution witness that it had bribed politicians and staff at the state-owned firm.

It would also safeguard executives from prosecution, once the company reaches a deal.

Short of executives facing prosecution, companies see the hefty financial settlements demanded by the Justice Department as another price of doing business, industry critics say.

UBS and the Swiss government have said they will not disclose client names, even if ordered by a judge, because doing so would violate Swiss laws governing financial secrecy and subject UBS executives to prosecution in Switzerland.

These obligations have been codified in the S.E.C.'s Regulation FD and reinforced by the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation adopted last summer after the corporate scandals that have cost investors billions of dollars and left more than a dozen corporate executives facing prosecution.

That could help corporate executives evade prosecution for destructive behavior in which the company ignored red flags and whistleblowers in the pursuit of profit.

Chief executive Officer, Crown Prosecution Service.

The oil rig's construction was one of the principal projects that generated bribes, according to a police testimony made by a former Petrobras executive turned key prosecution witness.

The lawyers also attacked the underpinnings of a cooperation agreement between federal prosecutors and Christie's and an arrangement by Christie's to pay $7 million to its former chief executive, a crucial prosecution witness.

Second, it strains credulity for millions of Americans -- and has impelled thousands of them to occupy public places in protest -- that no banking or insurance executive deserves criminal prosecution for the actions that brought on the financial crisis.