Federal prosecutors in Florida have added voting-machine provider Smartmatic Corp. to their list of targets in an overseas bribery case over the sale of voting machines for 2016 elections in the Philippines.
A grand jury issued a superseding indictment Thursday naming Smartmatic as a defendant alongside Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez, the company’s founder, and other company executives for orchestrating a scheme to funnel $1 million to a Filipino election official to win a contract to provide voting machines and related services for the election.
The Department of Justice is bringing the charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Smartmatic said ...
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