Author's note xi
Foreword xiii
1. Shock and disbelief 1
2. The US attorney 7
3. The first hearing 17
4. Wyatt 23
5. Recollections 29
6. The phone call 35
7. They forgot me! 40
8. Stan 45
9. Clara 50
10. The second bail hearing 54
11. 125 years in prison 60
12. The indictment 65
13. Jail becomes a way of life 73
14. Family support 78
15. The US penal system seen from Wyatt 81
16. My sentencing guidelines 85
17. A pod 92
18. Cut loose by Alstom 96
19. Back to court at New Haven 100
20. The evidence 105
21. The worldwide reach of the prosecutors 109
22. The FCPA 113
23. My guilty plea 121
24. Clara's visit 129
25. I've been fired 135
26. The six months go by 140
27. The family rallies round 145
28. My new job 151
29. The announcement of 24 April 155
30. A time of reckoning with Stan 164
31. General Electric's tale 170
32. A Pyrrhic victory 182
33. The road to freedom 191
34. Free at last! 195
35. Back to France 200
36. My meeting with Matthieu Aron 203
37. Speak or remain silent 206
38. Acrimony at the shareholders' meeting 211
39. The DOJ prosecution show 219
40. Alstom's guilty plea 230
41. French MPs confront Patrick Kron 234
42. Final impediments to the sale 244
43. The employment tribunal 251
44. Relentless blackmail 256
45. The verdict 262
46. Separated again 268
47. My new prison 273
48. Violence and trafficking 278
49. The parliamentary enquiry 283
50. Macron's visit to the United States 289
51. The arduous journey to freedom 294
Epilogue 301
Afterword 309
Appendices
1. Monetary penalties inflicted on European banks by the United States 313
2. How General Electric hushes up its corruption scandals 315
3. A study of fines paid to US authorities under the FCPA (>$100m) 316
4. The difference in treatment of Dow Jones 30 and CAC 40 companies for FCPA violations 317
Acknowledgments 319