b'Civil LitigationCadle v. Jefferson et al., No.Congressman Jefferson was found guilty on 10 criminal 307CV00070RGJCHL, 2020 WL 966578counts, including conspiracy to violate the FCPA and (W.D. Ky. Feb. 27, 2020) was sentenced to 13 years in prison. This case was brought by a shareholder of iGateThe Civil Decisionagainst its founder and former CEO, Vernon Jackson,After Jeffersons convictions in 2009, Plaintiff Cadle who was caught up in an FCPA scandal. The share- moved for partial summary judgment against him, which holder claims, for aiding and abetting a breach ofwas granted in July 2017. However, between October fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and civil conspiracy,and December 2017, the U.S. District Court for the centered on the bribery scheme in which iGates fundsEastern District of Virginia vacated eight of Jeffersons were used to bribe Defendant Jefferson.ten criminal convictions. As a result, Jefferson sought to vacate summary judgment order in favor of Plaintiff The Scheme Cadle. Defendant Jefferson relied on the doctrine of The underlying scheme began in the early 2000s,collateral estoppel to assert that the courts summary Defendant Jackson formed a business relationship withjudgment order should be vacated as it relied on the co-Defendant, and then-Congressman of Louisianasnow-vacated criminal convictions. 2nd Congressional District, William J. Jefferson.In his opposition, Plaintiff Cadle conceded that the Pursuant to their business relationship, Defendantjudgment in his favor on the unjust enrichment claim Jackson entered into a contractual agreement withmust be properly set aside, and therefore, the court Defendant Jeffersons wifes company, The ANJ Group,only considered whether to uphold summary judgment LLC (ANJ) wherein iGate agreed to pay ANJ $7,500 aon the aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty month and one million stock options at $2.50 per shareclaim and the civil conspiracy claim against Defendant purportedly in exchange for ANJs marketing services.Jefferson. The court upheld the summary judgment Between 2000 and 2005, Jackson continued to paydecisions in favor of Plaintiff Cadle. As to the civil ANJ the monthly fee, with iGate funds, and eventuallyconspiracy claim, the court found it significant that issued hundreds of thousands of shares of iGate stockone of the two remaining criminal convictions against to ANJ for free.Jefferson was the conspiracy to violate the FCPA In 2005, the FBI received a tip that then-Congressmancharge. The court noted that the FCPA charge served Jefferson was allegedly using his official position toas the basis for the civil conspiracy summary judgment solicit bribes from American companies interestedorder, and therefore, collateral estoppel did not apply. in doing business in Africa. The FBIs investigationRegarding the claim of aiding and abetting a breach of revealed that former Congressman Jefferson wasfiduciary duty, the court found that, despite the fact that involved in at least 11 bribery schemes, including withJeffersons criminal bribery charges were vacated, this Defendant Jackson and iGate.did not mean that the payments made by Defendant Jackson to Defendant Jefferson could not constitute Criminal Proceedings bribes or payments made for an illegal purpose in Based on the tip and subsequent investigation, in Maythe context of the civil claims. In upholding its summary 2006, Defendant Jackson pleaded guilty to conspiracyjudgment finding, the court explained that whether to commit bribery of a public official and bribery of aDefendant Jacksons payments to Defendant Jefferson public official, and in June 2007, Defendant Jeffersonwere criminal bribes was irrelevant to the aiding and was indicted on 16 criminal counts, including conspiracyabetting a breach of fiduciary duty claim because to violate the FCPA. In August 2009, after a jury trial,the record was clear that Defendant Jackson owed a 36'