SBM reacted to the Brazilian state-run player's statement by saying it hopes to be in a position to release details about its own investigation into the matter within days.
Allegations from a former SBM employee surfaced earlier this year claiming that the company had paid $139 million in bribes to Petrobras. Theallegations, originally posted on Wikipedia, cited up to $250 million ofkickbacks in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Brazil and Malaysia going as far backas 2005.
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