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malaise

(269,157 posts)
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 08:57 AM Feb 2012

Psssst!News Corp faces renewed threat of prosecution in US following Sun arrests

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Investigation of alleged bribery under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is greatest danger to Rupert Murdoch's media empire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/11/news-corp-us-investigation-fcpa
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It would also bring the scandal to America, which is the financial heart of the global company. News Corporation's headquarters are on Manhattan's Sixth Avenue, which is why the company is susceptible to the FCPA, a law introduced in the 1970s to hold US-based companies accountable for acts of bribery and corruption abroad.

Eric Holder, the US attorney general, launched a preliminary investigation into News Corporation's activities last July. The FBI is known to be involved in the investigation on both sides of the Atlantic.

It is also understood that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is conducting its own inquiries. The SEC takes an interest in cases where false financial information has been provided – in the case of News International, the use of false names in company records and accounts to disguise the recipients of bribes from journalists could fall into that category.

In September, the US justice department reportedly approached News Corporation directly and asked for information on alleged bribes of police officers.


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Psssst!News Corp faces renewed threat of prosecution in US following Sun arrests (Original Post) malaise Feb 2012 OP
Murdock is a bigger threat to our freedoms than al-qaeda ever was madokie Feb 2012 #1
You can only be refering to 9/11 dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #4
I didn't say anything about murder madokie Feb 2012 #8
AQ didn't curtail your freedoms ... GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #7
Our government did due to AQ madokie Feb 2012 #9
That doesn't actually make complete sense dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #2
I wondered about that last week malaise Feb 2012 #3
He doing so dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #6
and that is only your opinion madokie Feb 2012 #10
If you are rich, our current DOJ is no threat to you. CanonRay Feb 2012 #5

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. You can only be refering to 9/11
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:31 AM
Feb 2012

which I find distasteful.

Please provide link to confirm that Murdoch has murdered more than 2,752 people.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
8. I didn't say anything about murder
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 07:55 PM
Feb 2012

I'm talking about the fact that fox noise lies to so many that believe their lies as to elect dicks like dick and w along with their preemptive wars that is only making more enemies and as a counter we have the patriot act which took a lot of our freedoms away. Do I need to go on?
I didn't say nor insinuate one thing distasteful in my original reply.
peace

madokie

(51,076 posts)
9. Our government did due to AQ
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 07:57 PM
Feb 2012

George are you blind to what is happening in the world today, in fact since the coup of 2000?

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
2. That doesn't actually make complete sense
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:28 AM
Feb 2012

given that the police here acted on behalf of information provided to them by News Corp's own investigation team.

Its also worth noting that the first police officer arrested was the one suspected of supplying information to the Guardian itself last August. That was on the afternoon that the Guardian published the name of someone arrested that day BEFORE the police had released that information - bit of giveaway that one.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
3. I wondered about that last week
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:30 AM
Feb 2012

when I read that, but with all the lies being spun by the Murdoch empire and other interested parties I no longer know who to trust.
The fact that Rupert is now crossing the pond suggests that there are serious problems

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
6. He doing so
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:34 AM
Feb 2012

to reassure the staff at The Sun , face to face , that he has no intention whatsoever of shutting it down.

CanonRay

(14,113 posts)
5. If you are rich, our current DOJ is no threat to you.
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:32 AM
Feb 2012

On the other hand, if you're just a poor sucker...

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