Former Alstom Exec Gets Bribery Convictions Tossed Out (Corrected)

A former senior executive of French power and transportation company Alstom SA was acquitted Wednesday of the bribery charges that made up most of his 2019 conviction, after a Connecticut federal judge said the evidence presented at trial didn’t support them.

Lawrence Hoskins, who was convicted in November 2019 of six counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, three counts of money laundering, and two counts of conspiracy, sought acquittal under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29(c). He was accused of being part of a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe officials in Indonesia in exchange for a contract.

The court ...