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British businessmen jailed over Iraqi bribes | British businessmen jailed over Iraqi bribes |
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Two British businessmen who paid bribes to win engineering contracts from Saddam Hussein's regime have been jailed. | Two British businessmen who paid bribes to win engineering contracts from Saddam Hussein's regime have been jailed. |
Charles Forsyth, 62, from Hampshire, was sent to prison for 21 months. David Mabey, 49, from Berkshire, was given an eight-month sentence. | Charles Forsyth, 62, from Hampshire, was sent to prison for 21 months. David Mabey, 49, from Berkshire, was given an eight-month sentence. |
They inflated the price of work on steel bridges to provide kickbacks to the Iraqi government. | They inflated the price of work on steel bridges to provide kickbacks to the Iraqi government. |
The payments in 2001 were in breach of UN sanctions. | The payments in 2001 were in breach of UN sanctions. |
Both men had been executives at the engineering firm Mabey and Johnson. The company, based in Lydney, Gloucestershire, was fined £5m in 2009 after it admitted breaching UN sanctions. | |
At Southwark Crown Court, Forsyth, from Hook, was also banned from being a company director for five years. Mabey, from Burchetts Green, near Maidenhead, was disqualified for two years. | At Southwark Crown Court, Forsyth, from Hook, was also banned from being a company director for five years. Mabey, from Burchetts Green, near Maidenhead, was disqualified for two years. |
A third executive, former sales manager Richard Gledhill, 64, from Watford, Hertfordshire, was given a suspended sentence. He had admitted involvement in the scheme. | A third executive, former sales manager Richard Gledhill, 64, from Watford, Hertfordshire, was given a suspended sentence. He had admitted involvement in the scheme. |
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