Bribery related to SECO IT contracts: four persons indicted
Bern, 1.10.2019 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment with the Federal Criminal Court against a former SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) head of department in charge of procurement and three entrepreneurs. In particular, they are charged with active, resp. passive bribery in relation to the awarding of several hundred IT contracts by SECO in the total amount of around 99 million Swiss francs.