Sentence examples for settle a prosecution from inspiring English sources
On December 16th LGT paid close to €50m to settle a prosecution in Germany for abetting tax fraud.
The British online gambling company Betonsports has pleaded guilty to federal racketeering under a deal to settle a criminal prosecution for flouting America's prohibition on internet casinos.
While the district attorney's office said there was insufficient evidence for a prosecution, the city paid Devin's family $1.5m to settle a lawsuit.
Should the DOJ report to Congress on the analysis it does when it settles a major financial crime case short of a criminal prosecution?
The Indonesian attorney general, Marzuki Darusman, said the consultative group's loans had been linked to progress in settling a case last year involving the misappropriation of government funds to Bank Bali and to the prosecution of the former president, Suharto.
In March, though, the Justice Department settled a suit filed by Mr Garrett's students, agreeing to release the details of a non-prosecution agreement with a small Texas company.
Mr. Almunia and his staff are examining them, but it is unclear whether the E.U. agency is close to reaching a decision on whether to accept the proposals and settle, or proceed with a prosecution.
Over the last decade, more of the truly important corporate prosecutions have been settled through deferred prosecution agreements, or agreements like them.
More than four-fifths of FCPA cases against companies since 2010 have been settled with deferred-prosecution or non-prosecution agreements that is, out-of-court settlements in which the prosecution's case does not undergo the scrutiny of a judge.
