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U.S. Goes After $300 Million in Alleged Bribes Paid by Russian Telecoms Giants

2015-06-30 17:18:52| Telecom - Topix.net

The U.S. has filed to seize $300 million in alleged bribes that it claims were handed over by two major Russian telecoms firms to a close relative of Uzbek President Islam Karimov in exchange for access to the Uzbek telecoms market, news agency Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The complaint filed by the U.S. Justice Department in a Manhattan federal court on Monday claims that leading Russian mobile phone operator MTS and fellow telecoms major VimpelCom - owned in part by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman - bribed a relative of Karimov's, the report said.

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SNC Lavalin Will Fight Canada Fraud Charges Linked to Ex-Execs' Libya Bribes

2015-02-19 16:39:33| ENR.com: Headline News

Charges are the first against the firm, but one previously charged former executive faces trial next month in Canada.

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Rolls 'does not tolerate' bribes

2015-02-16 12:40:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Rolls-Royce says it does not "tolerate improper business" after the Financial Times reports that the firm has been accused of being involved in the Petrobras bribery scandal.

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Chinese health official linked to fined British drugmaker GSK is jailed for 19 years over bribes

2015-02-16 10:39:41| Biotech - Topix.net

Huang Fengping, former deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, found with more than 400 envelopes full of cash at his home, as well as gold bars in his car. A Shanghai health official, whose case was previously linked to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which was fined last year for paying bribes, has been jailed for 19 years for accepting bribes and embezzling more than 4.4 million yuan.

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