Logan Sargeant is the F1's first American driver since 2015.
America’s first F1 racer after 2015, Logan Sargeant, has been creating headlines since the news of Williams Racing giving him an F1 seat for the upcoming season broke. People are curious about the handsome young racer’s career and personal information. Logan Sargeant is the younger brother of the former truck series racer Dalton Sargeant. But in this article, we will discuss the racer’s family business that went under some legal issues.
Logan’s family got into some legal trouble in 2020. It wasn’t a minor legal issue. The Sargeant family business was being investigated by the FBI’s International Corruption unit. Being surrounded by such cases might have affected Logan’s career as well, and if you are curious about how it affected him, then keep reading until the end.
Logan’s Family Business
Logan Sargeant’s family business, Sargeant Marine, Inc., was formed in 1983. The company focuses on the sales, marketing, and transportation of asphalt and bitumen products. Sargeant Marine Inc. is concentrated on the transportation of asphalt products through chartered vessels. The company went under hot waters after getting into a few major legal issues.
Sargeant Marine’s executive and part owner of Sargeant Marine, Daniel Sargeant, was accused of conspiracy to pay bribes to foreign officials in Brazil and Venezuela in order to secure a few contracts. With the family business on the major legal problems, Logan Sargeant must have been troubled, but the racer never made any statement regarding the matter and stayed away from his family business issues.
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Sargeant Marine Inc., Pleads Guilty
On September 22, 2020, the Department of Justice released the news regarding F1 driver Logan Sargeant’s family business. The release revealed the details of the company’s bribery of foreign officials in Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Sargeant marine admitted to engaging in a long-running pattern of paying corrupt officials bribes to obtain lucrative business.
Five major individuals of the company, Daniel Sargeant, Jose Tomas Meneses, Luiz Eduardo Andrade, David Diaz, and Hector Nuñez Troyano, were charged guilty. The case was filed on September 12, 2020, and the defendant pleaded guilty on September 22, 2020. Sargeant Marine executives agreed to pay $16.6 Million to resolve charges related to the foreign bribery schemes. Also, learn about the former president and CEO of Ferrari Asia Pacific, Mario Mattiacci.
Logan Sargeant’s F1 Career
American Formula one fans finally have one of their own on the grid after Williams gave their academy driver an F1 seat. According to Logan, representing the US in Formula 1 is as much of a privilege as it is a responsibility. Before reaching his lifelong dream of being in F1, Sargeant had to go through his share of troubles, including his family’s recent legal issues. But all is well in his family life, and nothing hampered his career as well.
It must have been tough for the F1 racer due to his family’s legal issues. But neither Logan nor any of his family members ever talked about it in front of the media. Despite everything that happened in Logan’s family’s business, Sargeant looks forward to uplifting his career as the newest addition to F1. And he takes his father as someone who he can look up to and lean on. Logan considers his parent’s support as one of the major motivations that led him to where he is today.
The Williams F1 driver, Logan Sargeant’s uncle Harry Sargeant, is a business magnate who operates an expansive, multibillion-dollar conglomerate. The racer comes from a wealthy family and is on the way to making his own name in motorsports. We wish the new face of F1 all the best for his upcoming race.
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