For six years, a division of oil services company Schlumberger “willfully” violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and Sudan, the Justice Department said. “Over a period of years [ending in 2010], Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings Ltd. conducted business with Iran and Sudan from the United States and took steps to disguise those business dealings, thereby willfully violating the U.S. economic sanctions against those regimes,” U.S. Assistant Attorney General Carlin said in a statement. The Justice Department said the oil services company agreed to enter a guilty plea and pay a $232 million penalty for conspiring to violate sanctions against trade with Iran and Sudan. Under the terms of the agreement, Schlumberger agreed to halt all activity in those countries for a three-year period. […]