Oracle to Pay $23M to Settle Bribery Charges against Asian Subsidiaries Oracle Corporation, a Texas-headquartered American software and technology company, has agreed to pay more than $23 million to settle bribery charges against its subsidiaries in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) on Monday disclosed that it charged Oracle of violating the country’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) through its subsidiaries. The FCPA prohibits a US citizen or company from offering, paying, or promising to pay money to any foreign official in order to secure or retain a business deal. However, the American regulator said its investigation found that the subsidiaries violated the Act by creating and using slush funds to bribe foreign officials in return for business between 2016 and 2019. The investigation was conducted with the assistance of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The regulator explained, “According to the SEC’s order, Oracle subsidiaries in Turkey and UAE also used the slush funds to pay for foreign officials to attend technology conferences in violation of Oracle policies and procedures. “The order found that in some instances, employees of the Turkey subsidiary used these funds for the officials’ families to accompany them on international conferences or take side trips to California.” SEC in the statement noted that Oracle neither admitted or denied the SEC’s findings.