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On September 15, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced resolutions with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (GOL), an airline headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, whereby GOL will pay more than $41 million to resolve parallel bribery investigations by criminal and civil authorities in the U.S. and Brazil. Court documents indicate that GOL entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the DOJ in connection with criminal information filed in the District of Maryland charging the company with conspiracy to violate the antibribery and books and records provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).[1]
[1] U.S. Department of Justice, GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. Will Pay Over $41 Million in Resolution of Foreign Bribery Investigations in the United States and Brazil, Press Rel. 22-978, September 15, 2022.