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Former coal executive ‘got what he paid for,’ US says at start of bribery trial

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( February 9, 2026, 22:26 GMT | Insight) -- A former coal sales executive bribed Egyptian officials through an intermediary to win about $140 million in business for his company, and he took around $200,000 in kickbacks on the contracts, prosecutors said at the start of his corruption trial. Lawyers for the sales executive blamed his employer in their opening statement, saying the company had hired and paid the broker who ultimately bribed the officials to win the business.A former coal sales executive bribed Egyptian officials through an intermediary to win about $140 million in business for his company, and he took around $200,000 in kickbacks on the contracts, prosecutors said at the start of his corruption trial....

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