Minister part of $1 million bribe for Goa project: US firm
July 18, 2015 14:09
A New Jersey-based construction management firm has been charged with bribing Indian officials several crores of rupees to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and in Guwahati.
The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister, details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice.
Yesterday, the company agreed to pay $17.1 million criminal fine to resolve charges that it bribed officials in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kuwait to secure government construction management contracts.
Two of its former executives - Richard Hirsch, 61, of Philippines, and James McClung, 59, of the UAE - pleaded guilty to the bribery charges.
McClung previously served as senior vice president responsible for the firm's operations in India and in Vietnam.
The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister, details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice.
Yesterday, the company agreed to pay $17.1 million criminal fine to resolve charges that it bribed officials in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kuwait to secure government construction management contracts.
Two of its former executives - Richard Hirsch, 61, of Philippines, and James McClung, 59, of the UAE - pleaded guilty to the bribery charges.
McClung previously served as senior vice president responsible for the firm's operations in India and in Vietnam.
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