固特异轮胎支付巨款以解决该公司行贿指控

　　当地时间2015年2月25日，来自美国证券交易委员会(The Securities and Exchange Commission，简称SEC)2月24日表示，固特异公司已经同意支付1620万美元(约合1.0142亿人民币)以解决针对该公司的一项行贿指控。据报道，为了在肯尼亚和安哥拉赢得更多轮胎销售量，固特异向这两个国家的政府机构和私营企业进行了行贿。

　　综合路透社、BBC等国外媒体报道，美国证交会指控固特异自2007年至2011年间，向海外政府机构和私营企业支付超过320万美元的贿赂款，这一行为违反美国反海外腐败法。美国证交会同时指出，固特异将这些贿款记录为了其合法经营开支。

　　目前，固特异已经表示同意放弃因行贿带来的非法所得。据统计，这些非法所得超过141万美元(约合882.7万人民币)，外加21万美元(约合131.5万人民币)的利息。

　　尽管位于俄亥俄州阿克伦市固特异总部并未承认或否认这项指控，但美国证交会依旧认为，此次和解标志着固特异与证交会双方的合作有了“显著”提升，特别是固特异对其违法行为的自我报告。不仅如此，固特异还表示将在未来三年内持续向美国证交会汇报其在反贿赂计划中的进展。

　　固特异在2月17日发布的一份声明中表示，通过内部员工举报和匿名的消息来源，已经了解到其于2011年全年支出中存在可疑之处。固特异同时表示，美国司法部和能源部已经于2015年1月完成了对固特异的相关调查，并称这两大部门并不打算对固特异提起诉讼。

　　声明还称，此次固特异与美国证交会的和解，已经将行贿调查中悬而未决的问题完全解决。

　　原文：

　　WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co agreed to pay $16.2 million to settle civil charges that two subsidiaries paid bribes to win more tire sales in Kenya and AnGOLa, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.

　　The SEC accused Goodyear of violating the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by failing to stop the payment of more than $3.2 million of bribes to government entities, private companies, tax authorities and the police from 2007 to 2011.

　　It said Goodyear falsely recorded the payments as legitimate Business expenses.

　　Goodyear will give up more than $14.1 million of illegal profit plus $2.1 million of interest.

　　The Akron, Ohio-based company neither admitted nor denied the charges, and the SEC said the settlement reflected Goodyear's "significant" cooperation, including self-reporting the violations.

　　In a Feb. 17 regulatory filing, Goodyear said it had learned about questionable payments in mid-2011 through tips from an employee and an anonymous source.

　　It also said the U.S. Department of Justice advised in January that it had completed a related inquiry, and did not plan to file criminal charges against the company.

　　Goodyear said it took a $16 million charge in the third quarter of 2014 in connection with the SEC settlement.

　　In early afternoon trading, Goodyear shares were up 21.5 cents at $27.37 on the Nasdaq.