Armor Holdings charged in U.N. bribery scheme

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

The e-mail read like something out of a spy novel — “PLEASE DESTROY AFTER READING” — and it contained confidential information from the United Nations.

It was allegedly part of a plot to win U.N. contracts by bribing a U.N. official.

The government charged Armor Holdings on Wednesday with participating in a bribery scheme that helped it supply $7.1 million in body armor for use by U.N. forces.

The company agreed to pay $16 million in parallel settlements with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/armor-holdings-charged-in-un-bribery-scheme/2011/07/13/gIQAN5hADI_story.html

[OnyxCollie]

1. K&R. nt

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, alp.