Two former Alcatel executives have been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly bribing Costa Rican officials to obtain a telecommunications contract.
Specifically, a 10-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami charges Edgar Valverde Acosta, a Costa Rican citizen, along with Christian Sapsizian, a French citizen, with conspiring to make over $2.5 million in bribe payments to Costa Rican officials in order to obtain a telecommunications contract on behalf of Alcatel, making corrupt payments, and laundering the bribes through a consultant.
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