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On December 19, 2022, UOP LLC, doing business as Honeywell UOP, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., has reach a joint settlement to resolve parallel bribery investigations by criminal and civil authorities in the United States and Brazil arising out of the bribe payments offered to a high-ranking official at Brazil’s state-owned oil company. The settlement requires Honeywell UOP to pay more than $160 million and agree to a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Department of Justice[1] in connection with a criminal information filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Texas, charging the company with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).[2]
[1] U.S. v. UOP, LLC, d/b/a Honeywell UOP, U.S. District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Div., Criminal No.. 22-cr-624, Deferred Prosecution Agreement, Dec. 19, 2022, paragr. 3 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/file/1558776/download.
[2] U.S. Department of Justice, Honeywell UPO to Pay Over $160 Million to Resolve Foreign Bribery Investigations in U.S. and Brazil, Press Rel. 22-1383, Dec. 19, 2022.