Balt settles US, French probes into alleged bribery of public hospital doctor
By Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle ( March 19, 2026, 20:43 GMT | Insight) -- Balt, a French medical device company, resolved investigations with authorities in the US and France on Thursday over an alleged scheme to pay bribes to a senior doctor at a French public hospital. The resolutions come about two weeks after the US prosecutors charged two individuals.Balt, a French medical device company, resolved investigations with authorities in the US and France on Thursday over an alleged scheme to pay bribes to a senior doctor at a French public hospital....
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