2024.10.18

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Introduction: The prosecution accuses Raytheon of deceiving the U.S. government during contract negotiations by falsely inflating costs to secure higher profits.

According to CCTV News, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Raytheon Technologies Corporation's subsidiary, Raytheon Company, has been charged with defrauding the government and bribery overseas, and has agreed to pay a fine of over $1.9 billion. Public data shows that Raytheon Company's sales in 2020 were $56.6 billion.

抬高成本价 欺诈美军方1.1亿美元“冤枉钱”
检方指控雷神公司在合同谈判过程中欺骗美国政府，虚假抬高成本价以获取更高利润。根据法庭文件，雷神公司虚报3套“爱国者”导弹发射装置的成本，谎称成本上升，实际成本却减少。美国军方在这笔交易中与雷神公司签订6.19亿美元合同。雷神公司还被指控在运行和维护一套雷达监视系统的成本方面误导美国军方，包括谎称需要大笔资金以保持足够人手，但实际上已暗中计划削减相关费用“以增加公司盈利”。上述欺诈行为导致美国军方多支付超过1.1亿美元“冤枉钱”。

Additionally, Raytheon has been accused of bribing high-ranking officials in Qatar to secure contracts with the Qatari military.

被罚近10亿美元，雷神称为所有已发生的不当行为负责
美司法部16日说，雷神公司已同意签订两份为期三年的延期起诉协议。在此期间，雷神公司应聘请独立监察员以监督其经营是否合规、应配合司法部门调查等。如果雷神公司在该期限内遵守相关协议条款，司法部将不提起刑事指控。雷神技术公司当天回应说，公司对所有已发生的不当行为负责，“致力于与即将赴任的独立监察员密切合作，以改进和加强公司的道德规范和行为准则”。

In fact, as early as this month, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Department of Justice investigated Raytheon for overcharging in arms sales, involving illegal price fraud, which implicated two military procurement cases in the Taiwan region of China, one being the Patriot missile system procurement in 2010, and the other being the radar system procurement in 2012.

美国网友：美政府合同是偷盗许可证
针对雷神公司因欺诈行贿被罚一事，有网友质疑处罚过轻。“这就完了？”“要我说，应该把他们都送进监狱。”还有网友表示，此类事件背后往往存在官商勾结，最后牺牲的都是纳税人的利益。“雷神公司偷走的是我们纳税人的钱。”“政府合同是偷盗的许可证。”