(Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson has agreed to pay $206 million and plead guilty to U.S. corruption charges after it violated a previous agreement with federal prosecutors, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The plea follows a scandal over possible payments the telecommunications firm made to Islamic State. (Reporting by Chris Prentice and Kanishka Singh)
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Ericsson pleads guilty to U.S. charges after violating previous deal
(Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson has agreed to pay $206 million and plead guilty to U.S. corruption charges after it violated a previous agreement with federal prosecutors, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
The plea follows a scandal over possible payments the telecommunications firm made to Islamic State.
(Reporting by Chris Prentice and Kanishka Singh)