A former Airbus subsidiary will face trial on corruption charges in Britain in September over Saudi Arabian contracts dating back a decade, the company and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office said Thursday.
Cook furthermore faces a charge of “misconduct in public office” over commission he earned on contracts while working for Britain’s Ministry of Defence between September 2004 and November 2008. “GPT is a UK company that operated in Saudi Arabia which was acquired by Airbus in 2007 and ceased operations in April 2020,” the aerospace giant said in a statement announcing its financial results for the first half of 2020.
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