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November 21, 2012

Top Execs Face Bribery Charges as Murdoch Scandal Deepens 
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British prosecutors have charged two former top executives at Rupert
Murdoch's News International with bribing public officials for
information. Rebekah Brooks, a former editor and one-time head of News
International, is accused of conspiring to pay $160,000 in bribes to a
British Defense Ministry official over a seven year period. Brooks has
been a close confidante of Murdoch's, as well as a friend of British
Prime Minister David Cameron. In a separate incident, Andy Coulson, a
former editor who once served as Cameron's spokesperson, is also facing
bribery charges. Coulson and Brooks already face criminal charges
stemming from the scandal that led to the shutdown of Murdoch's News of
the World tabloid last year amidst revelations executives and reporters
conspired to hack phones and intercept communications.

 

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