Smartmatic executives charged by Justice Department in alleged Philippines bribery scheme
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By Marshall Cohen and Sam Simpson, CNN (CNN) — Three current and former executives from Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing right-wing media outlets over their 2020 election coverage, have been charged in the US in connection with an alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines, according t…
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A federal indictment has charged three current and former executives of Smartmatic in a scheme to pay more than $1 million in bribes to put its voting machines in the Philippines, a setback for a company that has been feuding with allies of Donald Trump over unsubstantiated claims that it manipulate…
By Marshall Cohen and Sam Simpson, CNN (CNN) — Three current and former executives from Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing right-wing media outlets over their 2020 election coverage, have been charged in the US in connection with an alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines, according t…
Federal prosecutors indicted current and former Smartmatic voting machine executives, alleging they took part in a bribery and money laundering scheme in the Philippines.
The founder of the Smartmatic voting machine company was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to pay a $1 million bribe to win a contract for the 2016 election in the Philippines.
The voting technology company has been the target of conservative media and conspiracy theorists because of the spread of bogus fraud claims tied to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
The Justice Department said the executives from the voting technology company had funneled at least $1 million to obtain a contract to provide voting machines in the 2016 Philippine elections.
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