The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced this Thursday, December 3, 2020 that a new corruption scheme was unveiled, which involves several countries, including Ecuador.
Through its Twitter account, the Prosecutor’s Office reported this new investigation that is being carried out in several countries.
“Thanks to the exchange of information between the Prosecutor’s Office and the United States authorities, a preliminary investigation into these events is initiated,” published the Prosecutor’s Office.
It would be a case of bribery on the part of Vitol Inc., which had paid bribes to officials in Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico, for at least 15 years.
Vitol Group, the world’s largest oil trading firm, was accused, in the United States, of allegedly bribing Ecuadorian government officials to do business with the state-owned Petroecuador between 2015 and 2020.
This company would have paid bribes for USD 870.000 to win a contract with the state oil company of Ecuador.
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