Wat een commotie om iets wat maanden geleden al 'bekend' was (zie hieronder info uit een posting van Independent Trader (30 juni). Wie dit forum en alle nieuws omtrent SBM heeft bijgehouden mag de bekentenis niet als een verrassing zien, maar meer als een eerste aanzet tot afhandelen van de zaak. En dat Hal SBM overneemt en eventueel samenvoegt mag niet als onwaarschijnlijk worden gezien.
Money paid by SBM may have benefited the 3rd
Information was reported by employees of SBM to Petrobras committee
BRASILIA - A team of private research commissioned by SBM Offshore found it difficult to trace the money paid to Julio Faerman - former representative of the company in Brazil, accused of distributing bribes to employees of Petrobras in exchange for leasing contracts floating platforms. After the audit, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that third parties are the "beneficial owners" of resources.
The information was reported by employees of Petrobras highlighted the SBM committee to investigate the case. According to reports from the state obtained by the "State" after bribery allegations, SBM, which made $ 27 billion contract with the state, triggered Kroll, one of the largest companies in the private investigation industry, who would be to raise members of the Julio Faerman companies.
Faerman received commissions of approximately 3% made in business with Petrobras. The payments were made by SBM from Switzerland and Monaco. Kroll concluded that the equivalent of two-thirds of these funds was transferred to four companies in his name, partner Luís Eduardo da Silva Barbosa and family in the BVI, known tax haven. Only the remainder, the equivalent of one third, would have been paid in Brazil.
During the corporate audit companies, bearer bonds were identified by means of which the holder may receive dividends from companies, while formally not its owner. Julio Faerman, however, said in testimony to the SBM that he himself was the ultimate beneficiary of the funds. The former representative explained that the payments were made abroad as a strategy of "tax planning".
"You can not rule out the possibility that the owners of these companies are legal owners of the shares, but that the actual beneficiaries are the 3rd," the team reported Petrobras, after meetings with officials from the SBM.
From 2005 to 2011, in all, Faerman received $ 127 million in commissions SBM, as the reports of Petrobras. He is accused of paying bribes to officials of state for rental contracts floating platforms. The complaint was published in the Wikipedia site by a former employee of the company. According to reports obtained by the "State", it is Jonathan David Taylor, former director of SBM in the UK.
Faerman denies any wrongdoing in negotiations with Petrobras. The reports of the investigation concluded that he had intense contact with former leaders of the state. However, Petrobras and SBM not arrived, according to the documents, the evidence that, in fact, there was corruption. The case is also investigated by the Federal Police, the Comptroller General (CGU), two PICs in Congress and prosecutors Dutch.
As revealed by the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo" on Sunday, one of the companies Faerman, which represented the SBM in 2011, offered trip to meet Argentine wineries to former directors Jorge Zelada International Area, and Renato de Souza Duque of services, the company's former representative.