A subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications provider Telefónica S.A. will pay $85.2 million to settle a charge that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when it paid bribes to Venezuelan officials to gain preferential access to a currency auction.

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