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===Daimler AG Kickbacks Case=== {{Main|Daimler AG#Bribery and corruption}} On 1 April 2010, [[Daimler AG]] [[pleaded guilty]] to bribery charges brought by the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] and the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and will pay $185 million (US) as settlement, but remains subject to a two-year deferred prosecution agreement and oversight by an independent monitor. The German automaker of [[Mercedes-Benz]] vehicles was accused of violating the terms of the United Nations' Oil for Food Program with Iraq by including [[bribery|kickback]]s 10 percent of the contract values to the Iraqi government. The SEC said the company earned more than $4 million from the sale of vehicles and spare parts.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6303WY20100401 | work=Reuters | title=U.S. judge OKs settlement in Daimler bribery case | date=1 April 2010}}</ref> The SEC case was sparked in 2004 after David Bazzetta, a former [[auditor]] at then DaimlerChrysler Corp, filed a [[whistle-blower]] complaint after he was fired for raising questions about [[bank account]]s controlled by Mercedes-Benz units in South America.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704896104575139891186752682 | work=The Wall Street Journal | title=Daimler to Settle With U.S. on Bribes | first1=Vanessa | last1=Fuhrmans | first2=Thomas | last2=Catan | date=24 March 2010}}</ref> Bazzetta alleged that he learned in a July 2001 corporate audit [[executive committee]] meeting in [[Stuttgart]] that [[business unit]]s "continued to maintain secret bank accounts to [[bribe]] foreign [[government official]]s", though the company knew the practice violated U.S. laws. The investigation for the case also revealed that Daimler made some $56 million in bribes related to more than 200 transactions in 22 countries that earned the company $1.9 billion in revenue and at least $91.4 million in illegal profits. "Using offshore bank accounts, third-party agents and deceptive pricing practices, these companies [Daimler AG and its subsidiaries] saw foreign bribery as a way of doing business", said [[Mythili Raman]], a principal deputy in the Justice Department's criminal division.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/02daimler.html | work=The New York Times | title=Daimler Bribery Settlement Is Approved | date=1 April 2010 | access-date=2010-05-20}}</ref> "It is no exaggeration to describe corruption and bribe-paying at Daimler as a standard business practice", [[Robert Khuzami]], director of the SEC's enforcement division, said in a statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/transportation/update-judge-approves-settlement-daimler-bribery-case/ |title=UPDATE: US Judge Approves Settlement in Daimler Bribery Case |website=foxbusiness.com |access-date=2 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court in Washington, approved the plea agreement and settlement, calling it a "just resolution."
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