Ericsson admitted bribery in China and other five countries and paid a fine of $1.06 billion to the United States

US local time 2019 year 12 month 6 Japan , The U.S. Department of justice 、 The securities and Exchange Commission of the United States jointly issued an announcement , It was announced that Swedish communication equipment giant Ericsson agreed to pay about 10.6 Billion dollars （ renminbi 74.6 RMB 100 million ）, Reach a settlement with the US government , To quell years of overseas corruption investigations against Ericsson .

Ericsson admitted bribery , Pay to the United States 10.6 Billion dollars in settlement money

As early as 2013 year , The U.S. government and relevant departments have launched an investigation into the corruption of Ericsson . The first department to investigate is the securities and Exchange Commission ,2015 year , The U.S. Department of justice is also involved in the investigation . And then , The investigation gradually proved that , Ericsson has bribery .

According to the petition filed by the U.S. Department of justice to the Southern District Court of New York , Ericsson “ Deliberately violate the United States 《 The overseas bribery act 》 About anti bribery 、 Account books and records and three terms of internal control ”. Use a third party to bribe government officials , To protect and sustain the business . Some consultants set up special funds for bribery , And transfer the funds to a third party . It is reported that , Ericsson illegally paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes .

According to the latest statement of the US Department of justice , Ericsson has admitted , At least in the 2000 - 2016 During the year , He once conspired with others to violate the United States 《 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 》(FCPA), Participate in Bribery 、 Falsification of books and records and failure to implement reasonable internal accounting controls .

Ericsson subsidiary Ericsson Egypt Ltd Also to judge Alison of the Southern District Court of New York - Nathan （Alison J. Nathan） Admitted its bribery in Djibouti, an African country .

at present , Ericsson has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of justice , Ericsson will pay the US Department of justice more than 5.2 Billion dollars in criminal penalties , In addition, it will pay to the securities and Exchange Commission 5.4 US $100 million fine . The total amount is as high as 10.6 $100 million fine , Reached its 2018 Of annual operating profit 8 times .

however , Ericsson is in 12 month 7 The conference call document said , This payment is about 10 Billion dollars （ about 70 RMB 100 million ） Settlement money , Has been accrued in the third quarter 115 SEK 100 million （ about 85 RMB 100 million ） All losses are covered .

Besides , The Justice Department also said , As part of the stay of prosecution agreement , Ericsson Sweden agreed to continue to cooperate with the US judiciary , Cooperate with any ongoing investigation and prosecution related to bribery , In the future, strengthen the internal compliance construction of the company , And hire an independent compliance supervisor to supervise the company for three years .

It is worth mentioning that , Before , With some findings coming out , Ericsson has fired about 50 Employees . In addition, the company has also made some reforms in its management system , Enhance the corporate culture of business ethics and legal compliance .

involve 6 A country , China is also among them

According to previous allegations made by the securities and Exchange Commission , Ericsson in Vietnam 、 Indonesia 、 Kuwait 、 Saudi Arabia 、 China 、 Djibouti 6 Countries have offered bribes .

however , The settlement agreement reached between the US Department of justice and Ericsson only covers Vietnam 、 Kuwait 、 Indonesia 、 China 、 Djibouti 5 A country , Saudi Arabia is not included .

Brian, Assistant Attorney General of the criminal Department of the United States Department of justice - Banskoviski 12 month 6 Japan also said , Ericsson admits , In order to consolidate its telecommunications business , In the above 5 Countries have been engaged in bribery for a long time . Ericsson's bribery involved many senior managers of the company , The duration is even up to 17 year .

however , Ericsson 12 month 7 In the teleconference document of the day , It did not appear to be recognized in Vietnam 、 Kuwait 、 Indonesia 、 The specific wording of Chinese bribery , In addition to acknowledging that this settlement covers the foregoing 5 Bribery allegations in countries , And has pleaded guilty to the United States Court for bribery in Djibouti , Only vaguely expressed as ： Some employees in several markets , Some of the employees are senior managers , They are for illegal purposes , A deal was made , At the same time, with the people affected by them , Use careful means , Hide their wrong behavior ……”

The announcement of the US Department of justice shows , Ericsson mentioned 5 The bribery method of our country is , Through its subsidiaries and the agents of the countries involved 、 Consulting company 、 Third party service companies sign false contracts and pay bills , And the latter specifically offered bribes to officials of the countries involved .

among , Bribery in China is specifically , Department of justice 12 month 6 The daily announcement said that ,“ According to Ericsson's confession , from 2000 - 2016 year , Ericsson provides services to multiple agencies through multiple subsidiaries 、 Consulting company 、 Service providers pay tens of millions of dollars , Some of the funds are used to meet the expenses of a tourist account , The expense items of this account include gift expenses 、 Travel expenses and entertainment expenses , Clients include government officials ……”

however , Although Ericsson has reached a settlement with the United States , however , Next, it may be directly or indirectly admitted by Djibouti 、 Vietnam 、 Indonesia 、 Kuwait 、 The prosecution of China and other countries .

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