All Telia articles

  • Michaela Ahlberg
    Article

    Michaela Ahlberg: Building a compliance program amid an FCPA probe

    2021-04-06T15:49:00Z

    Michaela Ahlberg created a compliance program from scratch when she was hired by Swedish telecom Telia following allegations of corruption in its foreign business dealings. She shared what she learned with the audience at CW’s Financial Crimes virtual event.

  • Blog

    Lessons from the Telia FCPA resolution

    2017-10-11T10:45:00Z

    The largest FCPA resolution on record (so far), at nearly $1 billion, offers plenty of objective lessons for compliance practitioners looking to better understand enforcement trends.

  • Blog

    Memo to Telia, Deutsche Bank: Do not negotiate with the DOJ in public

    2016-09-20T10:30:00Z

    While Telia Co. and Deutsche Bank are looking to publicly war with the Justice Department over upcoming penalties, they should be learning by Avon Product’s example, says Tom Fox—the firm initially suggested a $12M fine and ended up paying a cool $135M.

  • Blog

    Telia faces $1.4 billion fine for corruption in Uzbekistan

    2016-09-19T11:45:00Z

    U.S. and Dutch authorities have proposed a $1.4 billion settlement with Swedish telecom firm Telia to resolve corruption violations relating to its transactions in Uzbekistan, making it possibly one of the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fines to date. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.