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ARTICLE · 20 JANUARY 2016

UK Business Finds Bribery Doesn't Pay!

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Eastbourne based printing company Smith and Ouzman Limited was ordered to pay a fine totalling £2.2million in a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 8 January 2016.

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Eastbourne based printing company Smith and Ouzman Limited was ordered to pay a fine totalling £2.2million in a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 8 January 2016. The penalty consisted of a £1,316,799 fine, £881,158 confiscation order and £25,000 in costs.

Background

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) began their investigation into Smith and Ouzman in October 2010. It was discovered that the company had made £395,074 in corrupt payments to public officials for business contracts in Kenya and Mauritania.

Christopher and Nicholas Smith, father and son, and employees of the company were convicted on 22 December 2014 under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (the offences pre dated the Bribery Act 2010). Both men were sentenced to imprisonment for their role in the corruption.

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