Petrofac to pay $105M for widespread bribery scheme
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-10-04T17:47:00
Petrofac was ordered to pay £77 million (U.S. $105 million) to conclude a long-running investigation into allegations company executives paid to win lucrative oil contracts in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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