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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Shen Zhen New World I LLC
Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 12, 2023
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: A downtown Los Angeles-based company was sentenced to five years of probation and was fined $4 million--the maximum penalty under the law--for the actions of its billionaire Chinese real estate developer owner and others who provided more than $1 million in benefits, including luxury trips and a sham loan, to bribe a Los Angeles City Councilman to obtain city approval to build a 77-story skyscraper.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
Facility City: Los Angeles
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