WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) Corp will pay more than $218 million, including more than $103 million to financial regulators, to settle a U.S. probe into its scheme to bribe government officials in multiple foreign countries, the Department of Justice said on Friday.
As part of resolution, the chemical company admitted to using third-parties «to pay bribes to government officials to obtain and retain chemical catalyst business with state-owned oil refineries in Vietnam, Indonesia, and India,» the department said.
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