Power Company Exec Gets Over 2 Years In Prison In Bribery Scam

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former executive of French power and transportation company Alstom has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for bribing Indonesian government officials to secure a $118 million contract to provide power there.
Frederic Pierucci also was fined $20,000 Monday during a federal court hearing in New Haven, Connecticut.
The 49-year-old French citizen was vice president of global sales for an Alstom subsidiary in Windsor, Connecticut. Several other