- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2024-05-22T20:55:00
The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to prosecute Massachusetts-based biochemical company MilliporeSigma for its “extraordinary cooperation” in uncovering a “rogue” employee’s scheme to procure and ship discounted products to China using falsified export documents.
Gregory Muñoz, a MilliporeSigma salesperson, and his accomplice, Ben Yu, pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud conspiracy for their roles in the scheme, the DOJ announced in a press release Wednesday.
The declination is the first by the DOJ’s National Security Division, the agency noted. MilliporeSigma voluntary self-disclosed the matter.
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