FORMER CHEMICALS EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO CORRUPTION
January 1st, 2012
BY JAMES FULLER
THE FORMER sales and marketing director of UK speciality chemicals company Innospec has pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to corrupt in an international bribery case. Dr David Turner admitted two counts of securing contracts to sell toxic petrol additives, (tetraethyl lead -TEL), by bribing Iraqi and Indonesian officials from 2002-2008.
The 56-year-old also admitted attempting to defraud competitor Ethyl Corporation by bribing Iraqi officials to provide unfavourable test results on its chemical MMT. Turner's sentencing was ...
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