The SEC Settles Claims Against Hitachi For Alleged Corrupt Payments to Obtain Contracts to Build South African Power Stations

Publication |  December 28, 2015

This article discusses a recent $19 million settlement paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by a company that allegedly violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with payments to obtain government contracts to build two multibillion-dollar power plants in the Republic of South Africa.



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