SAP to Pay $220M in Foreign Bribery Case

German software giant enters deferred prosecution agreement after investigations reveal bribes to South African and Indonesian officials.

SAP SE, a German software company, will pay over $220 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
The investigations stem from SAP's schemes to pay bribes to government officials in South Africa and Indonesia, with the aim of obtaining valuable government business.
SAP has entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the department, under which it will pay a criminal penalty of $118.8 million and administrative forfeiture of $103,396,765.
The department will credit up to $55.1 million of the criminal penalty against amounts that SAP pays to resolve an investigation by law enforcement authorities in South Africa for related conduct.
SAP received credit for its cooperation with the department’s investigation and for engaging in timely remedial measures, including conducting an analysis of the root causes of the underlying conduct and undertaking appropriate remediation to address those root causes and enhance its compliance program.