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Balfour Beatty: bribery deal, is this the start of plea bargains?
Tuesday 7 October 2008 at 7:33 pm | In News | Post Comment A deal that could lead to similar settlements follows Balfour Beatty’s agrement to admit “payment irregularities” and pay a £2.25m penalty in exchange for no criminal charges being brought against them.The deal follows a Serious Fraud Squad investigation. The deal is “groundbreaking”, the suggestion is that it could open the way for other settlements by companies facing foreign corruption charges.
News report here
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