U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon entered judgment acquitting Stephen G. Giordanella of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Judge found that the Government’s evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction after a twelve week jury trial in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Giordanella was one of the twenty two defendants indicted in December 2009 in the largest prosecution of individuals ever under the FCPA as part of a two-and-a-half year undercover “sting” operation. Further details of the FCPA sting operation and related cases can be found here.