Gautam Sengupta

According to the Statement of Facts agreed to by Mr. Sengupta as part of his plea agreement, between 1997 and 1999 while employed as a task manager at the World Bank, Mr. Sengupta entered into agreements relating to projects in Ethiopia and Kenya resulting in consulting contracts for a Swedish consultant. The consultant then kicked back payments to Mr. Sengupta. He also admitted that "sometime in January 1999, [ ] he received a request for money from a foreign government official in the Kenyan PIU for a $50,000 payment. Sengupta agreed with the foreign official that he would relay the request, and he did so with knowledge that the payment was to corruptly influence an act or decision of the foreign official in his official capacity."  (Source: US v. Sengupta, Case No. 1:02-cr-00040 (D.D.C.), Statement of Facts filed January 30, 2002.) 

According to Mr. Sengupta's plea agreement, "Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3663 (a)(3), the defendant and the government agree that the amount of loss in this case is $127,000 and the defendant agrees to pay full restitution of this amount for all damage that resulted from his violations of the statutes listed in Section I herein. The United States and the Defendant agree that the Defendant has made such restitution, and The World Bank, Mr. Sengupta's former employer, has represented to the Department of Justice that it has no further claim against the defendant."   (Source: US v. Sengupta, Case No. 1:02-cr-00040 (D.D.C.), Plea Agreement filed January 30, 2002.).