Judge tosses fraud, bribery charges against foreign nationals on extraterritoriality grounds
( April 21, 2015, 22:45 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US District Judge Charles Breyer dismissed fraud and bribery charges against Yuri Sidorenko, Alexander Vassiliev and Mauricio Siciliano, finding that the charges don't apply extraterritorially and there wasn't a sufficient domestic nexus to prosecute the defendants in the US.See document below....
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