The Dept of Justice's first public enforcement action of ABC laws, it resumed enforcing on June 25
12/08/2025
In February, U.S. President Donald Trump halted enforcement of the anti-bribery law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, saying its overuse denied a level playing field, opens a new tab to U.S. companies, harming economic competitiveness and national security.
In June, the Justice Department restarted enforcement with a scaled-back approach focused on misconduct that hurts U.S. competitiveness, involves key infrastructure, and is tied to cartels or transnational criminal groups.
Now, in August 2025, in the Department of Justice's first public enforcement action of a federal anti-bribery law, it resumed enforcing in June
In a letter made public on Monday, the Justice Department said
- Liberty Mutual will give up $4.7 million in profit to settle a U.S. criminal bribery probe into an Indian subsidiary,
- The subsidiary, Liberty General Insurance, paid $1.47 million in bribes to six state-owned banks, which, in exchange, referred customers to its insurance products.
- Liberty's scheme ran from 2017 to 2022 and resulted in $9.2 million in revenue and $4.7 million in profit,
The Justice Department said
- The settlement reflected Liberty's acceptance of responsibility, cooperation, including its March 2024 disclosure of the misconduct, and compliance upgrades.
Liberty's settlement is relatively small.
- A wide range of multinational companies have been prosecuted under the anti-bribery law, including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST).
In a statement, Liberty said it was pleased the Justice Department "acknowledged our proactive approach and affirmed our commitment to integrity and compliance across our global enterprise."
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