Orthofix to pay $15M for accounting failures and FCPA violations
Medical-device company Orthofix International has agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay more than $14 million to settle SEC charges that it improperly booked revenue in certain instances and made improper payments to doctors at government-owned hospitals in Brazil in order to increase sales. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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