Three employees of U.K.-based Swift Technical Solutions Limited (Swift), a provider of manpower for the oil and gas industry, were acquitted of corruption charges at Southwark Crown Court of corruption offenses in relation to the tax affairs of a Nigerian subsidiary, says the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office in a .

Sodha was acquitted of two counts of conspiracy to make corrupt payments to the Nigerian organizations. The SFO also dropped the charges against Vyas for one count of conspiracy to make corrupt payments and Bruce was also acquitted of one count of conspiracy to make corrupt payments and the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the other.