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- The parent company of Cambridge Analytica, the political research company at the center of a massive Facebook data scandal, reportedly offered a $ 1.4 million bribe to win an election for a client.
- SCL Group reportedly entrapped the leader of St. Kitts and Nevis’ opposition party with a $ 1.4 million (£1 million) bribe to secure a win for their client.
- The company has been caught on tape offering to bribe politicians and boasting about helping Donald Trump win the 2016 election.
The parent group of Cambridge Analytica, the political-research company at the center of a massive Facebook-data scandal, offered up a bribe to win an election for a client.
SCL Group, reportedly entrapped the leader of the opposition party in St. Kitts and Nevis with a $ 1.4 million (£1 million) bribe, in order to secure an election win for the country’s Labour party, who was a client of SCL Group, The Times reported. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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