A recent indictment accusing Viktor Kozeny and two other men of paying bribes to gain control of Azerbaijan's state oil company shows how private jets, offshore companies and a tangle of wire transfers helped the alleged conspirators move tens of millions of dollars in illicit funds. Kozeny, a resident of the Bahamas, and Frederic Bourke Jr. and David Pinkerton of the United States were charged October 6 in the Southern District of New York with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Travel Act, making false statements, conspiracy to launder and money laundering. (Title 18, USC Sec.1956 (a)...
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