Over $200 million in ill-gotten profits in a decade long crime spree has cost Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. a more than half a billion-dollar settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice – a sum that appears to be the largest ever for a pharmaceutical company in violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
An SEC investigation found that the generic drugs giant had bribed government officials in the Ukraine, Russia and Mexico to...