Hewlett-Packard Admits to International Bribery and Money Laundering Schemes
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[quote]Hewlett-Packard has admitted to creating and using slush funds for bribes, money laundering, and clandestine “bag of cash” handoffs in order to profiteer off of lucrative government contracts in Russia, Poland, and Mexico, according to court documents.
HP’s guilty plea carries with it a $108 million penalty — a combination of SEC penalties, as well as criminal fines and forfeitures paid out to the Department of Justice. Thus far no criminal charges have been brought against American HP executives. The multi-agency investigation, which was conducted by multi-national law enforcement partners, the FBI, IRS, and SEC, has revealed kleptocracies in the three foreign governments and corruption and dishonesty among HP corporate fat cats.
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Source: [url]https://news.vice.com/articles/hewlett-packard-admits-to-international-bribery-and-money-laundering-schemes?trk_source=homepage-in-the-news[/url]
Atleast they admited it.
I am not looking forward to the day when the world is not run by goverments, but by devious corporations.
[QUOTE=Halahazam;44510555]I am not looking forward to the day when the world is not run by goverments, but by devious corporations.[/QUOTE]
Are you for real?
Devious corps have been running our planet for like, every day since the industrian revolution.
How can it be worth it to them to admit something like this?
[quote]Thus far no criminal charges have been brought against American HP executives.[/quote]
Because clearly no human is at fault here.
[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;44510566]Are you for real?
Devious corps have been running our planet for like, every day since the industrian revolution.[/QUOTE]
Ron Paul for CEO of United States Inc. 2016!
This still doesn't explain why printer ink is so expensive
[QUOTE=TAU!;44510809]This still doesn't explain why printer ink is so expensive[/QUOTE]
it's because HP executives use printer ink as a blood replacement to achieve immortality
[QUOTE=TAU!;44510809]This still doesn't explain why printer ink is so expensive[/QUOTE]
its actually the blood of orphans harvested from third world countries
[QUOTE=SexualShark;44510843]its actually the blood of orphans harvested from third world countries[/QUOTE]
dunno, human blood is about half the price of black hp printer ink, so maybe it's a mixture of orphan blood and blood from at least 5 exotic and nearly extinct species of animals
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;44510877]human blood is about half the price of black hp printer ink[/QUOTE]
You're telling me when people write love letters in their own blood, they're actually being money-smart?
[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;44510566]Are you for real?
Devious corps have been running our planet for like, every day since the industrian revolution.[/QUOTE]
Well before that it was bands of thugs and self proclaimed royalty
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;44510877]dunno, human blood is about half the price of black hp printer ink, so maybe it's a mixture of orphan blood and blood from at least 5 exotic and nearly extinct species of animals[/QUOTE]
This isn't even a joke btw.
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I have to wonder though if they were bribing to get contracts or outbid compeditors
[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;44510475]Atleast they admited it.[/QUOTE]
Only because they were forced to
[QUOTE=01271;44510968]This isn't even a joke btw.
[t]http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/ink-costs-more-than-human-blood_50290ced00807.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
It's cas they make you buy the cartridge , ink refillers are like 1/10th the cost but there's problems associated with that,
[editline]10th April 2014[/editline]
Also blood is really abundant, everyone has like what 2L and there's 7billion of us, and its renewable, just add carbon and food and you have more blood
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;44510941]You're telling me when people write love letters in their own blood, they're actually being money-smart?[/QUOTE]
As long as they don't print their love letters.
Imagine Comic Sans loveletters.
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