The U.S. government is investigating bribes that Microsoft is alleged to have given to officials in Russia and Pakistan in return for contracts, marking the expansion of an ongoing probe. The Russia investigation apparently centers on software resellers funneling kickbacks to execs at a state-owned company in order to win a deal. In Pakistan, meanwhile, Microsoft allegedly sewed up a tender by green-lighting a consulting firm to foot the bill for a five-day trip a government official (and his wife) took to Egypt.
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US Widens Probe Into Microsoft's Overseas Bribes
Posted by: David Vranicar August 22, 2013 12:07 PMThe U.S. government is investigating bribes that Microsoft is alleged to have given to officials in Russia and Pakistan in return for contracts, marking the expansion of an ongoing probe. The Russia investigation apparently centers on software resellers funneling kickbacks to execs at a state-owned company in order to win a deal. In Pakistan, meanwhile, Microsoft allegedly sewed up a tender by green-lighting a consulting firm to foot the bill for a five-day trip a government official (and his wife) took to Egypt.