Yeah, this surprises me a bit. If a company tells me "Pay $X to X company and $Y to Y company to get your cargo delivered", I'm going to do X and Y unless they

Yeah, this surprises me a bit. If a company tells me "Pay $X to X company and $Y to Y company to get your cargo delivered", I'm going to do X and Y unless they actually look illegal. Submitting invoices to two different companies wouldn't ring any obvious bells. If you have a company that calls making bids/examining cargo/whatever a "consulting fee", I'll roll my eyes, file the paperwork and pay the invoice. I'm assuming the DOJ has emails or somesuch that actually acknowledge the scheme. However, that's probably going to be held for court.