In September 2020, the DOJ closed its investigation with regard to Sargeant Marine Inc. (" Sargeant "), an asphalt company formerly based in Florida. Sargeant agreed to pay a criminal fine of $16.6 million to resolve charges for violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. According to the DOJ, between 2010 and 2018, Sargeant paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials in Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador to obtain contracts to purchase or sell asphalt to the countries' state-owned and state-controlled oil companies. Sargeant Marine admitted to bribing a Minister in the Brazilian government, a high-ranking member of the Brazilian Congress, and senior executives at Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras to obtain valuable contracts to sell asphalt. Between 2012 and 2018, it bribed four Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. officials in Venezuela in exchange for inside information, and for their assistance in steering contracts to purchase asphalt.