Swedish mobile telecoms company Ericsson has agreed to pay over $1 billion to resolve a probe into corruption, including bribing of government officials, over many years in countries including China, Vietnam, and Djibouti, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Friday. Ericsson has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement related to its scheme to make and improperly record tens of millions of dollars in payments, the Department said. The total includes a criminal penalty of more than $520 million and another $540 to be paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a related …read more
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