{"id":3677,"date":"2015-04-05T09:41:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2015-04-05T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T14:41:08","slug":"doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1427669353872.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3678\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Department-Of-Justice-Seal\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan<\/p>\n<p><!--\n-->Schlumberger Ltd.<!--\n-->, the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and engaging in trade with Iran and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a plea agreement\u00a0with the Justice Department, Schlumberger will pay a $155.1 million criminal fine\u2014the biggest criminal fine ever imposed for a U.S. sanctions violation\u2014and forfeit $77.6 million in illegally obtained profits.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, which still needs court approval, caps a six-year investigation by the Justice Department and the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Parent Company, Schlumberger Ltd., Also Agrees to Continue Cooperation With U.S. Authorities and To Hire an Independent Consultant to Review Its Sanctions Policies, Procedures and Internal Sanctions Audits<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To read the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/schlumberger-oilfield-holdings-ltd-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-2327-million-violating-us\">DOJ press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $232,708,356 penalty to the United States for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by willfully facilitating illegal transactions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[6,17,70],"tags":[14,21,71,48],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Superior Freight Services Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Superior-Freight-Services-Inc\/123680337676686\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1427669353872.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Edwards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supfrt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supfrt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Edwards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645\"},\"description\":\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Superior Freight Services Inc.\",\"description\":\"Global Strategies... Superior Solutions.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645\",\"name\":\"Karen Edwards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karen Edwards\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/author\/karen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.","description":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.","og_description":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter","og_url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/","og_site_name":"Superior Freight Services Inc.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Superior-Freight-Services-Inc\/123680337676686","article_published_time":"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Department-Of-Justice-Seal-e1427669353872.jpg?fit=300%2C300","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Karen Edwards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supfrt","twitter_site":"@supfrt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karen Edwards","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/","url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/","name":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Superior Freight Services Inc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-05T14:41:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645"},"description":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan - Schlumberger Ltd., the world\u2019s largest oil-field services company, has agreed to enter","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2015\/04\/05\/doj-company-to-pay-232-7m-for-violating-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-sudan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DOJ: Company to Pay $232.7M for Violating US Sanctions Against Iran and Sudan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#website","url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/","name":"Superior Freight Services Inc.","description":"Global Strategies... Superior Solutions.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/87c1e871084e1ba227c1277e3246b645","name":"Karen Edwards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/228eacc7dd12a1383e572332728d47d3?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Karen Edwards"},"url":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/author\/karen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3683,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions\/3683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}