Article 5ESGX Briton jailed over plot to pay bribes for Iraq oil contract

Briton jailed over plot to pay bribes for Iraq oil contract

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David Pegg and Rob Evans
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Case of Paul Bond is Serious Fraud Office's fourth successful Unaoil-related prosecution

A British businessman has been jailed for three and a half years after being convicted of conspiring to pay huge backhanders in one of the world's biggest bribery scandals.

The jailing of Paul Bond on Monday is the fourth successful prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office following the exposure of the systematic use of multimillion-dollar bribes to secure lucrative contracts around the world for blue chip firms.

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