People & Institutions
Rolls-Royce plc
رولز رويس
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Legal status as of 4 October 2026
Charged or wanted
Charged, or the subject of an arrest warrant; not convicted.
What the documents say
Criminal information filed 20 December 2016 (S.D. Ohio); 3-year deferred prosecution agreement announced 17 January 2017 covering Iraq, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Angola conduct. Whether US charges were formally dismissed after the deferred prosecution agreement's term (c. January 2020) was not confirmed.
- Kind
- Company
- Roles
- UK aerospace and energy engineering company; defendant
Cases
These are the cases in this archive that name this entry, with the status in each case on the date shown.
| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce: Iraq bribery in its global FCPA/DOJ resolution over South Oil Company gas turbines (from 2006 to 2009; resolved 2017) | UK aerospace and energy engineering company; defendant | Charged or wanted | Criminal information filed 20 December 2016 (S.D. Ohio); 3-year deferred prosecution agreement announced 17 January 2017 covering Iraq, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Angola conduct. Whether US charges were formally dismissed after the deferred prosecution agreement's term (c. January 2020) was not confirmed. | 28 September 2026 |
Documents
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- US Department of Justice (Office of Public Affairs)17 January 2017Prosecutor press releaseTier A
Rolls-Royce plc Agrees to Pay $170 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case
OriginalRolls-Royce plc has agreed to pay a criminal penalty of more than $170 million to resolve the department's investigation into Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
- HuffPostJanuary 2017Press reportTier D
Rolls-Royce Will Pay $800 Million In Bribery Scandal. But Others Used Unaoil As A Middleman, Too.
OriginalRolls-Royce ... used Unaoil to help it win contracts, including one to supply gas compression equipment to Iraq's South Oil Co.