^* [ Exhibit A, containing the charges of the U.S. Attorney, appears it I.L.M. page 898. The charges were made under the Wire Fraud S t a tute md the Bank Secrecy Act. Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 s tates : “Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or irtificeto defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of :alse or fraudulent pretenses , representations , or promises, transmits >rcauses to be transmitted by means of wire , radio , or television commnication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings , signs ,sig-lals , pictures , or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or irtifice , shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more :han five years , or both . “ Title 31, United States Code, Section 1059 s tates : “Whoever w ill fully violates any provision of this chapter where :heviolation is—(1) committed in further an ce of the commission of any >ther vi olation of Federal law, or (2) committed as part of apattern of Illegal activityin volving transactions exceeding $100,000 in any twelve - lonth period ,shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned not lore than five years , or both . “ The entiretext of Public Law 91-508 >f October 26, 1970, entitled Currency and Foreign T ransactions Reporting let, appears a t 10 I.L.M. 591 (1971).[Asimilar agreement was reached in United S t a t e sy_. the Williams lompanies, filed in the U.S. District Court for the D istrict of Columbia m March 24, 1978 (Criminal No. 78-144).]

^* [N.B. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 was signed into law on December 19, 1977. The text appears at 17 I.L.M. 214 (1978).]