Adobe to pay $3M over government kickback allegations
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Adrianne Appel2023-04-14T17:39:00
Adobe agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks in an attempt to win more software purchase orders from the federal government.
Adobe gave improper payments to companies between January 2011 and December 2020 that had contracts with the federal government and were in position to influence the government to buy Adobe software, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in its settlement agreement published Thursday.
Adobe paid the companies a percentage of the purchase price of the software under its “Solution Partner” program, the DOJ alleged.
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