The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) provides for substantial criminal and civil penalties for violations of its anti-bribery provisions that prohibit bribery of foreign government officials, or violations of its books and records/ internal controls provisions that prohibit mischaracterizing or failing to record a transaction, or failing to maintain proper accounting controls.
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