Russian Pleads Not Guilty in European Bank Bribery Plot
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A Russian national accused by the U.S. of bribing an official of a European development bank to secure financing for two oil and gas companies with ties to Russia pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Philadelphia.
Dmitrij Harder, 42, the former head of a Pennsylvania consulting company, was charged last week with conspiracy, money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Prosecutors allege he paid $3.5 million in bribes to a senior banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to win financing for his clients.