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Council Repair Contracts, Lightly Greased — Edinburgh, 2007–2010

Maintenance work allocated with cash and hospitality. Invoices inflated to cover it. Sold by order of the sheriff.

Sold2007–2010Local
more than £42,000≈ €50.1KAs stated in the source: bribes totalling over £42,000

Already sold, in 2007–2010. Nothing on Lobay is for sale.

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Seller

Role
two council employees in the Property Care Services department
Institution
Edinburgh City Council
Place
Edinburgh
Country
United Kingdom

Item specifics

ConditionConvicted, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 18 June 2015. Final.
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland, GB
SellerTwo council employees, Property Care Services, Edinburgh City Council
Winning bidderTwo directors of a building contractor (company not convicted)
CategoryConstruction
Sold2007–2010
Payment methodCash and hospitality; invoices inflated to cover it
ReturnsNo returns. Confiscation orders totalling over £266,000 (2017); prison sentences

Description

What the bribe bought

The bribes helped win Edinburgh City Council building maintenance and repair contracts. The contractor's directors were later made subject to confiscation orders totalling over £266,000.

Return on bribe: Every £1 of bribes earned about £6.33.Computed from the stated figures, both given as “more than”.

What happened

Two directors of a building contractor paid bribes totalling over £42,000 to two employees in the council's Property Care Services department. Hospitality was also provided, and invoices to the council were inflated to cover the cost. In June 2015 the council employees and the directors were sentenced to prison at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Confiscation orders followed in April 2017. The company itself was not convicted.

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Edinburgh City Council workers plead guilty to bribery charges · BBC News

Official record

Bribery prosecutions in Scotland · COPFS

Shipping & returns

AuthorityKindAmountYear
Edinburgh Sheriff Courtprison sentences (two council employees, combined)imprisoned for a total 8 years and one month2015
Edinburgh Sheriff Courtprison sentences (two directors, combined)imprisoned for a total of five years and one month2015
Proceeds-of-crime proceedings (court not named by COPFS)confiscation (directors)£266,000≈ €317KAs stated in the source: confiscation orders totalling over £266,0002017