Adding to a scant body of FCPA case law, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania sheds light on the term “public international organization" and consequently the definition of foreign official. The defendant was charged with violating the FCPA, the Travel Act and money laundering laws by funneling bribes to an official of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development by making payments to the official’s sister. The Court upheld every count of the fourteen-count indictment in its pre-trial ruling. We summarize the facts of the case and the Court’s key findings. See also “What the Eleventh Circuit’s ‘Instrumentality’ Decision Means for FCPA Practitioners” (May 28, 2014).