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Top Managers at TELIA knocked off accused of bribery
Two employees
of TeliaSonera have been suspended from their position suspected
of crimes related to the investigation into bribery and corruption in
Uzbekistan.
According to Swedish media reports, such as Swedish television, two people are suspects of having carried out bribery and corruption in association with a telecoms deal in Uzbekistan. This, Telia has confirmed that it is the case.
"I can confirm that there are two persons that are served with suspicion of a crime, "said Solomon Bekele, Head of communication and press relation at TeliaSonera, to Sweden's business daily, Dagens industri.
The company, which is owned by Swedish the Finnish governments, has so far chosen to remain silent to the suspicions because, according to Bekele, the company believes that the allegations were baseless.
"Now it has come up in other ways, and then there is no reason to deny what is going on, "he said.
What the suspects are accused of, Telia could not said but the prosecutors' investigative material, which was presented last Friday, shows that there were two managers who signed the agreements on the suspected bribery and corruption business.
These are Kivisaari, head of business area Mobility Services and Eurasia, and Olli Tuohimaa, General Counsel of Eurasia.
But it is also held that even Telia Sonera's CEO, Lars Nyberg had an active role in the transactions, according to prosecutors. One of the purchases that were made with Takilant was described by prosecutor, Berndt Berger like this:
"Whoever gave the green light for this deal, under interrogation, is the president: you TeliaSonera gave the okay to the Asia regional manager who conducted the transaction. "
However, it is not yet confirmed if it is one of those managers who are suspected of a crimes.
After the Swedish television investigative new program, which examined Telia's activities in a country that has absolutely no positive human right record and a dictatorship which under normal circumstances will not attract Swedish business,
Uzbekistan turned out to be the best place Telia could exhibit its darker business side.
It turned out that TeliaSonera's establishment in Uzbekistan was carried out with the help of gross corruption.
Now it has emerged that two senior managers at Telisonera in Sweden for have been suspected of bribery. One of the TeliaSonera managers is represented by a lawyer Hans Strandberg, a former judge and one of Sweden's foremost economic crime defenders with "white-collar crime" as a special adviser, according to Swedish television.
by Scancomark.com
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Top Managers at TELIA knocked off accused of bribery
Two employees
of TeliaSonera have been suspended from their position suspected
of crimes related to the investigation into bribery and corruption in
Uzbekistan. According to Swedish media reports, such as Swedish television, two people are suspects of having carried out bribery and corruption in association with a telecoms deal in Uzbekistan. This, Telia has confirmed that it is the case.
"I can confirm that there are two persons that are served with suspicion of a crime, "said Solomon Bekele, Head of communication and press relation at TeliaSonera, to Sweden's business daily, Dagens industri.
The company, which is owned by Swedish the Finnish governments, has so far chosen to remain silent to the suspicions because, according to Bekele, the company believes that the allegations were baseless.
"Now it has come up in other ways, and then there is no reason to deny what is going on, "he said.
What the suspects are accused of, Telia could not said but the prosecutors' investigative material, which was presented last Friday, shows that there were two managers who signed the agreements on the suspected bribery and corruption business.
These are Kivisaari, head of business area Mobility Services and Eurasia, and Olli Tuohimaa, General Counsel of Eurasia.
But it is also held that even Telia Sonera's CEO, Lars Nyberg had an active role in the transactions, according to prosecutors. One of the purchases that were made with Takilant was described by prosecutor, Berndt Berger like this:
"Whoever gave the green light for this deal, under interrogation, is the president: you TeliaSonera gave the okay to the Asia regional manager who conducted the transaction. "
However, it is not yet confirmed if it is one of those managers who are suspected of a crimes.
After the Swedish television investigative new program, which examined Telia's activities in a country that has absolutely no positive human right record and a dictatorship which under normal circumstances will not attract Swedish business,
Uzbekistan turned out to be the best place Telia could exhibit its darker business side.
It turned out that TeliaSonera's establishment in Uzbekistan was carried out with the help of gross corruption.
Now it has emerged that two senior managers at Telisonera in Sweden for have been suspected of bribery. One of the TeliaSonera managers is represented by a lawyer Hans Strandberg, a former judge and one of Sweden's foremost economic crime defenders with "white-collar crime" as a special adviser, according to Swedish television.
by Scancomark.com