Bribes

They were talking about fraud on the radio this morning.

Here's one of the best!

We were selling a system in Saudi in the early 1980's and the price was about 250,000 dollars. We always built a contingency in for the bribe as there is always one needed. But no-one had asked.

When the system was fully installed and working, the guy we were dealing with phoned his Saudi boss to say that everything was OK and he was going to authorise payment.

Not expecting anything, a few hours later, our engineer received a phone call, to say that the payment was downstairs. He went to the foyer expecting a guy with a cheque, but was quickly ushered out by an immacualtely dressed Arab to an armoured car. In the back was the payment in Saudi money, which has nothing big than a fiver.

"If you give me your bank account details, I'll count it and pay it in for you. Five percent will be OK"

That was less than we'd budgeted for!