CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Magyar Telecom, the largest telecommunications firm in Hungary, and three former executives with bribery of officials in Macedonia and Montenegro. The SEC says that the trio "orchestrated, approved, and executed a plan" to bribe Macedonian officials in 2005 and 2006 to shut out a new competitor "and gain other regulatory benefits." They then pulled a similar scheme in Montenegro, eventually laying out about $15 million in payoffs. Magyar Telekom agreed to settle the by paying more than $31.2 million in 'disgorgement' and pre-judgment interest along with a $59.6 million criminal penalty. Magyar is a unit of
Deutsche Telekom , which is also paying $4.36 million to avoid prosecution, the SEC said.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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