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2024-08-09 10:46:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 13C528D6DAD2838EA09670034AFD298442162CFB3D7C3A2C46A939A4D2D4034E
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Co-Founder Roger Piñate, was one of the men indicted for alleged bribery. "Prosecutors said that between 2015 and 2018 Piñate schemed to pay more than $1 million in bribes to Bautista, the former chairman of the Commission on Elections for the Republic of the Philippines." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/smartmatic-head-charged-with-bribing-election-officials-to-get-contracts-in-philippines/ar-AA1otXza?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/smartmatic-co-founder-charged-in-2016-bribery-scheme-involving-philippines-election-feds/ar-AA1ou5cj?ocid=BingNewsVerp
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