Multinational tech firm Gartner’s revealing self-disclosure about its corrupt 2015 deal with the SA Revenue Service leaves South Africans with two questions: Did tech businessman Patrick Monyeki bribe then tax boss Tom Moyane to bat a R200-million tech contract to Gartner and, crucially, why ar.
The Securities and Exchange Commission says the US consultancy violated anti-bribery and internal accounting control provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined consultancy Gartner $2.44-million (R50-million) for its role in State capture linked to the South African Revenue Service (Sars). Gartner agreed to pay the fine without confirming or denying the SEC's findings.