Lazard Swedish chair faces bribery charges over vacuum company sale
( August 25, 2023, 10:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Lazard’s Swedish chairman faces charges that he paid 138,000 euros in a bribe to an executive at Swiss company OC Oerlikon in October 2016. Gustav Slettengren is accused of paying the money in return for information on the sale of Oerlikon’s vacuum business. He denies the charges. Prosecutors are also seeking a penalty from Lazard, due to the executive’s senior status at the asset manager.The indictment is attached (in Swedish)....
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