A former senior executive at Haiti’s state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money-laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses.

U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez imposed the sentence on 45-year-old Jean Rene Duperval, who was international relations director for eight months in 2003 and 2004 at Telecommunications D’Haiti, better known as Haiti Teleco.