The USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has "charged energy-related productsmanufacturer Maxwell Technologies Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt PracticesAct (FCPA) by repeatedly paying bribes to government officials in China to o...
Bribery: Man jailed for "shakedown" on rehab centres
Gary Eugene Goethe of Sacramento, California, was employed by the state government to inspect drug rehab centres across the state. But he offered to improve the centres's ratings and help in investigations if the owners or managers made substant...
Bribery: Alcatel pleads to sample minor charges; stumps up millions in "settlement" figures
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission do not, apparently, see the irony in demanding payment of money so that they do not continue with criminal and civil proceedings based on - wait for this - bribery. The pena...
Bribery: HK business owner jailed for bribery and tax evasion
WU Chi Man, the owner and principle director of a logistics company wanted to grow his business: so he tried to increase it by bribery and lying about its costs.
Corruption: Hong Kong Jockey Club's reputation on the line
With a tiny number of exceptions, gambling is illegal in Hong Kong unless it is approved by the authorised public guardian of the industry the (once Royal) Hong Kong Jockey Club. That guardianship presumes honesty and integrity. Now those are in...
Five former employees of Imperial Hotel, Kowloon, have been sent to jail for accepting "tea money" totalling over HKD60,000 from taxi d...
Corruption: crane company owner jailed for bribing safety officer
50 year old Michael SACKARIS, described as the "de facto owner"of Nu-Way Crane Service, has been jailed for two years. From 2002 -2007...
Bribery: HK security guard supervisor accepted bribes
A former supervisor of a security company, charged by HongKong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, was today (Monday) sentenced to six m...
Business crime: former chairman of HK company convicted of conspiracy to defraud shareholders
A former chairman and a former executive director of publicly listed Grand Field Group Holdings Limited (Grand Field), charged by Hong Kong's Ind...
Bribery and Corruption: Highest ranking tribal chief indicted in USA
The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians has been indicted on federal charges of accepting a quarter million dollars in bribes from tri...
Bribery & Corruption
Bribery and corruption corrode or lubricate, depending on one's point of view. Cultural differences and relative wealth make it difficult to know what is bribery and corruption and what are social and business norms. With increasing focus on bribery and corruption, however, legal frameworks are meeting those norms head to head. Contribute
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