Construction manager charged over graft, cheating offences involving $9.8m

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A construction manager was charged in court on Friday over corruption and cheating offences involving around $9.8 million. Harish Singhal, 59, who was an employee at Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) at the time, is accused of accepting bribes, committing money...

Further, he allegedly conspired with Modec’s chief engineer Gopinath Kuppusamy, 52, to cheat Modec into paying around $8 million to Staghorn Marine Services.

Harish faces six charges for graft and four for cheating. Kottaki and Gopinath were also charged on Friday for graft related offences. In a statement on Friday, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said any person convicted of a corruption offence can be fined up to $100,000 and jailed for up to five years.“Companies are strongly advised to put in place robust procedures in areas such as procurement and internal audit to prevent falling victim to corrupt acts by their employees,” said CPIB.

 

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