News: "'Foreign Official' Challenge Reaches 11th Circuit," The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2012.
News: "Ex-Haitian Official Sentenced to 9 Yrs In Prison," The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2012.
News: "Haiti Teleco Roundup," FCPA Professor Blog, March 22, 2012
News: "Stunning Haiti Teleco Development," FCPA Professor Blog, August 29, 2011
News: "Government's Vigorous Prosecution of FCPA Violators Continues When Jury Convicts Two Telecommunications Executives for Violations Relating to Haiti," Federal Securities Law Blog, August 8, 2011 [Additional coverage here Case]
Defense Filings
Brief of Appellant,
United States v. Joel Esquenazi, No. 11-15331 (7th Cir. May
9, 2012)
Defendant Joel Esquenazi’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Failure to State a CriminalOffense and for Vagueness, United States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No.
09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Nov. 2, 2010)
Government Filings
Second Superseding Indictment, United States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM
(S.D. Fla. Jan. 20, 2012)
Government’s Consolidated Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motions for Judgment of Acquittal or New Trial, United States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No.
09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Sept. 12, 2011)
Government’s Supplemental Response to The Standing Discovery Order, United States v. Joel
Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Aug. 29, 2011)
Superseding Indictment, United States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM
(S.D. Fla. July 13, 2011)
Government’s Objection to Defendant Rodriquez’s Proposed Instruction Regarding “Foreign Official” and “Instrumentality,” United States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al.,
No. 09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. July 10, 2011)
Government’s Response in Opposition to Defendant Esquenazi’s Corrected and Amended Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Failure to State a Criminal Offense and for Vagueness, United
States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Nov. 17,
2010)
Indictment, United
States v. Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-MGC (S.D. Fla. Dec. 8,
2009)
Information for Juan Diaz, United States v. Juan Diaz, No. 09-cr-20346-JEM (S.D. Fla.
April 22, 2009)
Information for Antonio Perez, United States v. Antonio Perez, No. 09-cr-20347-JEM (S.D.
Fla. April 22, 2009)
Court Orders & Transcripts
Order of Dismissal,
United States v. Cinergy Telecommunications, Inc., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM
(S.D. Fla. Feb. 24, 2012)
Order Denying Defendants’ Motion for Judgment of Acquittal or New Trial, United States v.
Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Oct. 14, 2011)
Order Denying Defendant Joel Esquenazi’s (Corrected and Amended) Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Failure to State a Criminal Offense and for Vagueness, United States v.
Joel Esquenazi, et al., No. 09-21010-CR-JEM (S.D. Fla. Nov. 19, 2010)