Clear Channel Outdoor Will Pay $26 Million to Resolve Bribery Charges
September 28 2023 - 5:20PM
Dow Jones News
By Ben Glickman
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings will pay more than $26 million to
resolve charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its
Chinese subsidiary bribed government officials.
The SEC said on Thursday that Clear Media, Clear Channel's
subsidiary at the time, bribed Chinese government officials to
secure advertising contracts from 2012 to 2017. The SEC said the
company had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Clear Channel didn't admit or deny the findings. It agreed to
cease and desist from violating the regulations and agreed to pay
$20.1 million in disgorgement and prejudgement interest, and a $6
million civil penalty.
The SEC order found that Clear Media also used fake
intermediaries and false invoices to create off-book cash used to
win advertising business from the government and private sector
customers.
Write to Ben Glickman at ben.glickman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 28, 2023 17:05 ET (21:05 GMT)
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