in sweden, a company fined almost $1 billion for bribery. it was prosecuted over a corrupt telecoms deal. the firm paid $220 million to an offshore company secretly controlled by gulnara karimova, the daughter of the then president of uzbekistan. the american authorities described it as a $220 million bribe. we have obtained documents showing how mr amersi was involved in the deal in one e mail a telier boss writes. i do not want to be involved in the day to day negotiations, so maybe you could handle it. mr amersi reponds. sure, i agree. and here s mr amersi s invoice for his part in project uzbekistan. he got a success fee of $500,000 for his work. mr amersi s lawyers said the offshore company had been vetted and approved by telia and its involvement did not raise any red flags to mr amersi.