After Two Extensions of Its DPA, Zimmer Biomet Settles Further FCPA Charges for $30M

Biomet’s continued misconduct during the term of its 2012 deferred prosecution agreement, including its bribery of Mexican customs agents and persistent use of a third-party distributor known to have paid bribes in Brazil has led to a new resolution with the DOJ and SEC. The DOJ extended Biomet’s 2012 deferred prosecution agreement twice while the investigation was pending, and now the company (purchased in 2015 by Zimmer, which also bought the DPA obligations) will pay $30 million dollars to resolve the claim in a new settlement, and will take on another monitor for three years. See also “Dan Newcomb Discusses the Unusual Second Extension of Biomet’s DPA” (Apr. 20, 2016).

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