Tag: Corruption
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Ericsson fined $206 million for violating Justice Department bribery agreement
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein (AP) Swedish multinational technology giant Ericssond guilty this week of bribery and agreed to pay Department of Justice $206 million dollars. Federal prosecutors accused Ericson’s endearing in a longrunning an international corruption scheme that involved bribing and falsifying government officials defeated, and failure to enter proper account controls. Ericsson had a chance […]
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Ericsson to pay $206 million fine, plead guilty to bribery violations
Ericsson recently announced it plans to cut 8,500 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson agreed to pay a $206 million fine and pleaded guilty to violating the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, US prosecutors announced Thursday evening. Ericsson had […]