DOJ, SEC end Investigations of GE HealthCare for possible FCPA violations in China
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Adrianne Appel2025-08-05T16:23:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have ended a seven-year review of GE HealthCare Technologies’ China unit for possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the company announced.
The SEC wrote a letter to the company on May 16, and the DOJ wrote on May 28, informing GE HealthCare they were closing their investigations and taking no further action, GE HealthCare, a spin-off of the General Electric Company, said.
The agencies began their investigations of the company in 2018 for its activities in certain provinces in China.
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