Russian National Charged in U.S. With Bribery Plot
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Dmitrij Harder, a Russian national who was the head of a Pennsylvania consulting company, was indicted on charges he paid $3.5 million in bribes to an official for a development bank in London to win financing for clients.
Harder, 42, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, was charged with conspiracy, money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the indictment handed down today by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia. He’s the former owner and president of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc., a Southampton, Pennsylvania-based company that arranged financing for energy, metals and mining firms.