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Former Freepoint compliance chief greenlit payments to intermediary at center of oil trader’s US corruption trial

By Samuel Rubenfeld
  • 19 Sep 2024 03:01
  • 19 Sep 2024 03:01
A former chief compliance officer at Freepoint Commodities testified today that he approved payments to an intermediary at the center of a Connecticut oil trader’s US corruption trial.
Martin Ramirez, who joined Freepoint in mid-2012 and has since left the firm, was expected to be a government witness in the

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Samuel Rubenfeld

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Samuel Rubenfeld is a reporter covering cases of bribery and corruption and some international trade issues. Prior to joining MLex, he was editor of the Kharon Brief, a news and data analysis platform focused on global security issues, including sanctions and export controls. Earlier in his career, Rubenfeld spent about a decade at The Wall Street Journal, including nearly nine years as a reporter covering corporate risk and compliance concerns such as bribery, money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing and whistleblowers.

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