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The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) deliberately "weaponised" a U.S.-based fixer in an allegedly improper and unlawful attempt to persuade two defendants to plead guilty before a criminal trial, London's Court of Appeal was told on Wednesday.
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SFO Accuses Oil Sales Rep Of Bribing Iraqis As Trial Starts
Law360, London (January 20, 2021, 5:10 PM GMT) A former salesman at Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore conspired to steer bribes to an Iraqi official to win lucrative government contracts to rebuild the country s war-damaged infrastructure, a prosecutor said at the start of his trial on Wednesday.
Paul Bond, former Middle East sales manager at Single Buoy Moorings Inc., appeared at Southwark Crown Court to face charges of conspiracy to give corrupt payments to an agent of an oil company run by the Iraq state, which was responsible for rebuilding the shattered country after Saddam Hussein was overthrown.