Mark Lambert, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violation, Maryland 2020
Mark Lambert, 56, of Mount Airy, Maryland, was found guilty of four counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), two counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and commit wire fraud.
Lambert, the former president of Transportation Logistics Inc. (TLI), a Maryland-based transportation company, was found guilty of his role in a scheme to bribe an official at a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation.
The scheme involved bribing Vadim Mikerin, a Russian official at JSC Techsnabexport (TENEX), a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, in order to secure contracts with TENEX.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Lambert participated in the scheme to bribe Mikerin through offshore bank accounts associated with shell companies.
The trial evidence demonstrated that Lambert conspired with others at TLI to make the corrupt and fraudulent bribery and kickback payments to Mikerin through offshore bank accounts associated with shell companies.
Lambert and his co-conspirators used code words like “lucky figures,” “LF,” “lucky numbers” and “cake” to describe the payments in emails to the Russian official at an alias, personal email account under the name “Marvin Jodel.”
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur of the District of Maryland and Assistant Director in Charge Timothy R. Slater of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and Inspector General Teri L. Donaldson of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General made the announcement.
Lambert is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the District of Maryland.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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