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Whistleblower exposes Microsoft’s massive bribery & scamming campaign
Microsoft spends more than $200 million annually on bribes and kickback schemes in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and other states, with local staff involved in the schemes - according to whistleblower Yasser Elabd who used to work for the company.
“It's going on at all levels. All the executives are aware of it, and they're promoting the bad people,” the former executive, who was ousted for refusing to comply with the graft, said, “If you’re doing the right thing, they won’t promote you.”
The scams often involved govts paying millions of dollars for software they never received, or “receiving” hefty discounts that never hit the customer’s balance sheet; the missing money would end up split between the Microsoft employees and local officials involved in the deal.