Assume

that Georgina has recently been appointed by her employer (Tesla,

Inc., a US company headquartered in Palo Alto, California) to set up its first store in

South America - in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the largest city in the continent. In order to

get a "jump-start" on sales, Georgina has approached the mayor of the city with a

special offer: If the city orders 3,000 or more of these all-electric vehicles in the first

three months of 2020, which would normally sell for $30,000 each, she will give the

city a 10% price break, so the total price would only be $81,000,000, instead of the

full price of $90,000,000. In addition, she tells the mayor that he would receive a

$1,000,000 "finders fee" for his help in making this transaction go through!

a. Georgina could be charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of

1977 as amended (28 U.S.C Sections 1602 and following).

b. Both Gerogina and Tesla, Inc. could be charged with violating the Foreign

Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended (see above).

c. Because Georgina is located outside of the US, the US laws don't apply to

Georgina, so she can go ahead with this, and not worry about violating the statute

noted above.