 According to the Sunday Times, EADS admitted that the company "helped" approximately 30 South African officials to obtain luxury vehicles.Yengeni was specifically charged with defrauding parliament by accepting a discount on a luxury car during the tendering process for a controversial arms deal while he was the member of a parliamentary committee reporting on the same deal.Yengeni pleaded "not guilty" and placed full-page advertisements proclaiming his innocence in all the Sunday newspapers (except "The Sunday Times").