Neowin News Feed for: Bribery

Microsoft now offering chance to win $1 million or a car if you switch to Edge

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:01 +0000

Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh "bribery" backlash. Read more...

Samsung's Vice Chairman gets presidential pardon to help fix South Korea's economic crisis

Fiza Ali — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:26:01 +0000

Among the people who received a presidential pardon ahead of the annual Liberation Day this year is Samsung's Vice President, Jay Y. Lee. The pardon was allegedly given to help the economy. Read more...

Microsoft accused of engaging in bribery by former employee

Usama Jawad — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 10:06:01 +0000

In an exposé, a former Microsoft employee-turned whistleblower has recounted his experiences of how the company engages in hundred of millions of dollars in bribery in the middle east and Africa. Read more...

Samsung chairman sentenced to 2.5 years by Seoul High Court

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:12:01 +0000

Samsung's chairman Lee Jae-yong has been sentenced to 2.5 years after a retrial over bribery. He was sentenced to 5 years in 2017 but that was halved then suspended, seeing him go free in 2018. Read more...

Samsung head tied to South Korean corruption scandal, being sought for arrest

Joel Shedroff — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 06:54:01 +0000

Samsung Group, still reeling from the Note 7 debacle, is now finding itself in legal trouble, with the company's head being pursued in relation to the corruption scandal that rocked South Korea. Read more...

Report: US government expanding bribery probe involving Microsoft

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:07:08 +0000

A new report claims that the US government has expanded its probe of claims that representatives of Microsoft might have bribed government officials in foreign countries to obtain software contracts. Read more...

Report: U.S. government looking into Microsoft for foreign bribery

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:40:46 +0000

The U.S. government is reportedly looking into claims that Microsoft might have bribed government officials in at least three countries in order to obtain government software contracts. Read more...

HP suspected of bribery after Russian raid

Matt Blowes — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:58:01 +0000

Hewlett-Packard's Moscow offices were raided by Russian investigators on Wednesday after a request from German authorities. German prosecutors suspect that HP executives paid €8 million ($10.9 million) to the office of the prosecutor general of... Read more...

South Korea Launches Bribery Investigation of Samsung

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:08:02 +0000

South Korean business conglomerate Samsung Group is now under investigation, prosecutors announced Monday, after Kim Yong-chul, a former top Samsung legal affairs official for the conglomerate, released names of senior prosecutors he claims took bribes.... Read more...

Siemens Board Member Arrested On Bribery Charges

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:46:06 +0000

Johannes Feldmayer, a top-ranking official at Siemens, was arrested in Germany due to an investigation into payments Siemens made to the head of the AUB labour organization. Siemens said the arrest of the head of... Read more...

Siemens Raided on Suspicions of Embezzlement, Bribery

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:35:22 +0000

Reports have shown that police and prosecutors have raided Siemens AG in Munich and Erlangen, Germany. The raid is a part of an investigation into acts of fraud suspected at the company's fixed networks business.... Read more...

IBM execs, S. Korea officials accused of bribery

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:52:02 +0000

Some 48 South Korean government officials and corporate executives, mainly from IBM ventures, have been charged with bribery in a case involving state contracts for computer parts and servers, prosecutors said Monday. Fourteen... Read more...