MIAMI –– A former Alcatel CIT (Alcatel) executive was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison in a bribery scheme that involved paying Costa Rica officials $2.5 million to obtain a mobile telephone contract from a state-owned telecommunications authority, the Justice Department said.
U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz in Miami also ordered Christian Sapsizian, 62, an executive with the French-based company, to forfeit $261,500, the Justice Department said.