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UPDATE 1-VimpelCom to pay $795 mln to resolve U.S., Dutch bribery probes
2016-02-19 00:10:49| Telecom - Topix.net
Amsterdam-based telecommunications operator VimpelCom Ltd on Thursday said it would pay $795 million to resolve U.S. and Dutch probes into a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan, in the second largest global anti-corruption settlement in history. The settlement was announced in a federal court in Manhattan, where a subsidiary pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate a U.S. anti-corruption law by paying $114 million in bribes to a Uzbekistan official.
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Japan minister quits over bribery claims
2016-01-28 10:41:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan's Economy Minister Akira Amari says he is resigning after being linked to corruption allegations, but denies any personal wrongdoing.
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Petrobras ends rig contract with Ensco, citing bribery charges
2016-01-06 15:16:23| Energy - Topix.net
PBR claims Pride International, a company ESV bought in 2011, had knowledge that the rig's shipbuilder made "improper payments" to a marketing consultant who then shared the money with former PBR employees; ESV says it has found no such evidence and that it has not been contacted by other Brazil government authorities about any alleged wrongdoing.
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VimpelCom Posts $1 Billion Loss After Uzbek Bribery Provision
2015-11-06 18:37:03| Telecom - Topix.net
VimpelCom Ltd. swung to a quarterly loss after making a $900 million provision to cover potential U.S. and Dutch fines over bribery allegations in Uzbekistan. The carrier made a net loss of $1 billion in the third quarter, compared with a $105-million profit a year earlier, Amsterdam-based VimpelCom said in a statement Friday, citing figures excluding Italian operations.
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Ex-UN diplomat, others plead not guilty in US bribery case
2015-10-23 10:14:26| Telecom - Topix.net
A former U.N. General Assembly president, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused by U.S. authorities of engaging in a wide-ranging bribery scheme pleaded not guilty on Thursday. Jeff Yin , John Ashe, Francis Lorenzo and Ng Lap Seng along with Sheri Yan are pictured seated in court in New York in this court sketch October 22, 2015.
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