Marubeni Corporation
Approved Evidence
Added to Rotten Company: 9/1/2026
Conduct/Event period: 2002–2009
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: May 15, 2014
Marubeni pleaded guilty and was fined $88 million for bribing Indonesian officials
Summary
Marubeni Corporation pleaded guilty on March 19, 2014 to conspiracy and seven substantive FCPA counts, admitting that it and others paid bribes to Indonesian officials to secure a $118 million power contract. A federal court sentenced Marubeni on May 15, 2014 and imposed the agreed $88 million criminal fine. DOJ described a seven-year scheme and cited Marubeni's lack of timely remediation and refusal to cooperate when first given the opportunity. Primary source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/marubeni-corporation-sentenced-foreign-bribery-violations
Evidence Weight
98.02
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 98.01645114435883
File Weight: 1