Producer, wife accused of bribes
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A film producer and his wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bribing a Thai government official to run an international film festival in Bangkok, officials said Thursday.
West Hollywood residents Gerald Green, 75, and his wife, Patricia, 52, were indicted late Wednesday on one count each of conspiracy to bribe and six counts each of bribing a foreign official.
If convicted, each could face up to 35 years in federal prison, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Bruce H. Searby.
The couple’s business, Film Festival Management, was formed in 2002 to obtain contracts to manage and operate the Bangkok International Film Festival, according to the indictment.
The indictment claims the Greens conspired to pay more than $900,000 in bribes to the senior official, who at the time was president of the festival and governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, to obtain film festival contracts worth more than $7 million.
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