BAE chief quizzed in suspected bribery probe
From the Financial Times:
A top BAE Systems executive and ex-defence official has been questioned by investigators over a suspected bribery plot involving a Viennese count to win European arms contracts, the Financial Times has learned.
Julian Scopes – BAE’s former head of government affairs and former private secretary to Alan Clark, the late Tory defence minister – was interviewed at Guildford police station on Sunday by the Serious Fraud Office, people familiar with the matter said.
The questioning of Mr Scopes highlights the top-level business and government interests that have turned the BAE case into an explosive affair for both the company and ministers.
Mr Scopes, 55, was interviewed as part of an SFO probe into a suspected conspiracy to bribe people in high positions over arms deals in countries including Austria and the Czech Republic, people close to the matter said.
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