The $78 Million Bribery Case That Ended With a $25 Fine: James Giffen and Kazakhstan's Oil Politics

This article details the 2010 prosecution of James Giffen, who was accused of funneling $78 million in bribes from oil companies to Kazakhstani politicians (including the president) to secure rights to multi-billion-dollar oil fields. The case ended anticlimactically with a $25 p