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08:46 7/2/2012 - Πηγή: Olympia

Γράφαμε χθες  εδώ  για την Smith & Nephew.
Η εταρεία χρησιμοποιούσε από το 1998 ως το 2008 ένα διανομέα που δημιούργησε ένα «ταμείο λαδώματος», για να διαβιβάζει τις πληρωμές σε γιατρούς που εργάζονταν σε δημόσια νοσοκομεία στην Ελλάδα, προκειμένου να παίρνουν τις δουλειές 

Συνολικά μέσα σε μια δεκαετία η εταιρεία μεταβίβασε στον διανομέα 9,4 εκατ.$, μέρος των οποίων ή όλα πέρασαν σε έλληνες

αξιωματούχους..
Ακολουθούν τα έγγραφα του αμερικανικού υπουργείου δικαιοσύνης και του αρμόδιου δικαστηρίου. Δυστυχώς δεν αναγράφονται ονόματα Eλλήνων που εμπλέκονται στην υπόθεση.______________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                CRMMONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012                                                                            [phone]WWW.JUSTICE.GOV                                                                                    TTY [phone]MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY SMITH & NEPHEW RESOLVES FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT INVESTIGATIONAgrees to Pay $16.8 Million Penalty Related to Bribery in GreeceWASHINGTON – Smith & Nephew Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by the company and certain affiliates in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Department of Justice announced today.  The matter is part of an investigation into bribery by medical device companies of physicians employed by government institutions.            Smith & Nephew, a Delaware corporation, is headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc, an English company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.  The company manufactures and sells medical devices worldwide.Smith & Nephew acknowledged responsibility for the actions of its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees and agents who made various improper payments to publicly-employed health care providers in Greece from 1998 until 2008 to secure lucrative business.  According to the criminal information filed today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia in connection with the agreement, Smith & Nephew, through certain executives, employees and affiliates, agreed to sell products at full list price to a Greek distributor based in Athens, and then pay the amount of the distributor discount to an off-shore shell company controlled by the distributor. These off-the-books funds were then used by the distributor to pay cash incentives and other things of value to publicly-employed Greek health care providers to induce the purchase of Smith & Nephew products. In total, from 1998 to 2008, Smith & Nephew, its affiliates and employees authorized the payment of approximately $9.4 million to the distributor’s shell companies, some or all of which was passed on to physicians to corruptly induce them to purchase medical devices manufactured by Smith