The government says Basurto would share in 9% of the value of both contracts for both legitimate services performed on the contract "as well as the illegal services" he provided as a conduit for the corrupt payments.
In a related case, a Mexican citizen, Fernando Basurto, a principal of a Mexican company that served as a sales representative for ABB on its CFE contracts, pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to violate the FCPA and money laundering laws.