BP PLC (BP) said Thursday it is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its tanker chartering division, after a letter detailing alleged corruption was sent to its chief executive last week.
BP PLC (BP) said Thursday it is conducting an internal investigation
into allegations of bribery at its tanker chartering division, after a letter
detailing alleged corruption was sent to its chief executive last week.
The allegations, which center on the relationship between a senior BP employee
and one of the company's suppliers, are contained in a letter sent to CEO Bob
Dudley and the Serious Fraud Office, a copy of which was seen by
U.K.
newspaper The Daily Telegraph and reported in its Thursday edition.
"We can confirm that the chief executive's office did receive a letter--as
described--last week," said BP spokesman Robert Wine. "BP conducts
its business to the highest ethical standards. We take all allegations of this
sort extremely seriously and always investigate them."
BP declined to give any further details of the allegations.
According to the newspaper report, the central claim concerns the alleged
chartering of tankers at preferential terms for the supplier in return for cash
payments to the senior BP employee.
The author of the letter, a self-described "BP employee," offers to
supply further evidence to back up the claims but only after the company
launches an investigation.
A Serious Fraud Office spokesman wasn't immediately able to confirm whether the
agency had received the letter or whether it had begun its own probe of the
alleged corruption.
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