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The family of Trafigura Group’s late founder Claude Dauphin has accused the trading house of using him as a “scapegoat” in its US corruption case, in an unprecedented public rebuke.
Trafigura’s plea agreement included a statement of facts, which was drafted by the DOJ and admitted by the company as “true and correct.” The document stated that an unnamed executive, who is identifiable as Claude Dauphin, approved commissions to an intermediary that were used to pay bribes. The DOJ made no allegations of wrongdoing against anyone among Trafigura’s current management.
“It would seem that Trafigura’s strategy is to make our father the sole scapegoat for all the legal issues facing the company, not so much to protect the company, but rather to protect others included in the legal cases,” he said.Claude Dauphin’s family inherited a fortune from the value of his Trafigura shares, which the trading house paid out over a number of years following his death.
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