Former J&J exec charged with bribery
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Robert John Dougall, former VP of market development at J&J's DePuy International branch in Leeds, was charged with conspiracy to corrupt in a U.K. court Dec. 1. The former device exec is accused of "making corrupt payments and/or giving other inducements to medical professionals" in Greece between February 2002 and December 2005 to encourage them to purchase orthopedic products from J&J/DePuy, according to the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office. The case was referred to the office by the U.S. Department of Justice in March 2008. Chief Magistrate District Judge Timothy Workman sent the case to England's Crown Court at Southwark, where Dougall is set to appear Feb. 3. Former worldwide chairman of J&J's medical device and diagnostics business Michael Dormer had stepped down in February 2007 after the company disclosed that foreign subsidiaries may have made improper payments in "two small-market countries" (1"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 19, 2007)