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 Bilfinger said in a statement on Sunday it had launched the
investigation last year in connection with orders for about 6
million euros ($6.5 million) worth of large screens for security
control centers in several large cities in Brazil.
It commissioned auditors Ernst & Young and Deloitte and a law office
in Brazil to help clarify whether bribes were paid by employees at
affiliate Mauell to public officials and employees of state
companies.
"Suspicions have now been substantiated. The investigation, however,
is not yet complete," Bilfinger said, adding it would take legal
action should the allegations be confirmed.
Bilfinger said orders of this size are not handled by the group's
executive board. A spokesman said Mauell had done no business with
FIFA, the world soccer governing body.
Bilfinger issued the statement after German newspaper Bild am
Sonntag reported that Mauell had paid bribes of more than 20 million
euros to win contracts. The spokesman declined to comment on that
figure.
($1 = 0.9242 euros)
(Reporting by Emma Thomasson; editing by Jane Baird)
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