**German carmaker Daimler has pleaded guilty to corruption in the US and will pay $185m (£121m) to settle the case.**The charges relate to US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission investigations into the company’s global sales practices.
Daimler, the owner of Mercedes-Benz, admitted to paying tens of millions of dollars of brides to foreign government officials in at least 22 countries.
The company has yet to make any comment.
Some of the firm’s subsidiaries were said to have made the payments between 1998 and 2008.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.