The Justice Department and
Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether
Motorola Solutions(MSI) paid bribes to win business in Europe, people familiar with the matter told
The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. officials have asked Motorola Solutions for information over the past two years about transactions in seven European countries.
The government is searching for evidence that Motorola Solutions may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the people told the newspaper. The law bars American companies and their agents from offering bribes to foreign government officials.
A spokesman for Motorola Solutions declined to comment for the
Journal.
The investigation began in 2009 after the company opened its own internal probe into possible breaches of anti-bribery laws and alerted U.S. authorities, said people familiar with the matter.
The internal investigation initially focused on a suspicious transaction in Turkey, but U.S. authorities are concentrating on the company's dealings in Europe, said a person familiar with the matter, the
Journal said.
Motorola Solutions makes two-way radios and systems for law enforcement agencies and public-safety organizations.
-- Written by Joseph Woelfel
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