Here’s an interesting wrinkle. Paying bribes is illegal. The officers of these companies might be subject to jail time.
However, in the Clinton futures scandal, even though they hid the bribe better it resulted in one of the largest fines up to that time, for the trader. Clinton, who managed the bribe for her husband, the governor, skated. If HP and others go down do you think they’d produce her emails? Bet on it.
Interesting.