Bribery

Bernie Ecclestone has controlled the commercial rights to Formula One for so long it seems like he always has and always will. But that's not exactly the full story. While Ecclestone was the first to negotiate for control over the sport's commercial aspects – namely its television ...

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone may find himself in legal trouble in Germany over allegations that he bribed a bank official $50 million. According to Yahoo Sports' European arm, prosecutors are currently gathering evidence against the F1 honcho. The would-be charges center around the deal ...

For a number of years Daimler kept secret accounts used by executives specifically for the purpose of making illicit payments to foreign officials – a practice otherwise known as bribing. The "improper payments" were made primarily in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe from banks in those ...

The South Korean government has decided not to pursue an indictment against Chung Eui Sun, president of Kia Motors. The move not to prosecute apparently stemmed from the fact that his father, Chung Mong Koo (Hyundai Motor chairman) was the one with final authority, and he is being indicted in the ...

An ex-government official in the growing Hyundai scandal was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide. Park Seok-an, under suspicion for bribery in the Korean automaker corruption case was found dead in a lake-he had been slated to appear in the prosecutor's office the same morning, having ...

Prosecuting attorneys in South Korea have requested an arrest warrant for Chairman Chung Mong-Koo of the Hyundai Motor Group. The paperwork is being sought on charges that the executive embezzled $106 million via slush funds, using some of the ill-gotten gains to graft government officials, among ...

As part of an act of contrition for the bribery scandal rocking Hyundai Motor Group, the company is donating $1.05 billion dollars to charity. The word came Wednesday as Hyundai vice chairman Lee Jeon-kap issued a formal apology for the corporate malfeasance currently under investigation. The ...

Recent developments in the Hyundai Automotive Group's homeland bribery scandal are seeing the plot thicket. The prosecution announced Thursday that it has evidence supporting the accusation that company executives bribed politicians and government officials in 2001, as part of an effort to ...

South Korean officials descended upon Hyundai's headquarters, carting off around 100 boxes of data from the companies southern Seoul offices. The move came as the latest development in a corruption probe surrounding a prominent business lobbyist. The investigation centers around the arrest of Kim ...

A whistleblower-spurred inquiry into 'improper payments' (read: bribes) has led DaimlerChrysler to let go or suspend several employees on three continents. The mole in question claims that he was fired after complaining to his bosses regarding a 'secret bank account' employed to bribe foreign ...