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Company: DPC (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.
Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: June 23, 2005
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: DPC (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. --the Chinese subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Diagnostic Products Corporation--pleaded guilty and paid $2 million to resolve charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 in connection with the payment of approximately $1.6 million in bribes in the form of illegal commissions to physicians and laboratory personnel employed by government-owned hospitals in the People's Republic of China.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Criminal Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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