article_snippet.sent: FLIR Systems Inc. FLIR Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle bribery charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that involved expensive trips and gifts given to Middle Eastern government officials.
article_snippet.sent: the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the deal Wednesday, saying FLIR Systems Inc. earned more than $7 million in profits from sales influenced by the gifts.
article_snippet.sent: FLIR Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle bribery charges filed by the SEC that involved expensive trips and gifts given to Middle Eastern government officials . '
article_snippet.sent: FLIR's deficient financial controls failed to identify and stop the activities of employees who served as de facto travel agents for influential foreign officials to travel around the world on FLIR Systems Inc.'s dime,' said Kara Brockmeyer, chief of the SEC enforcement division's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit.
article_snippet.sent: the SEC said in a news release that FLIR reported the misconduct and cooperated with the investigation.
article_snippet.sent: Officials with FLIR Systems Inc. echoed those remarks. '
article_snippet.sent: The actions of the former employees involved do not reflect the values of FLIR or the high standards to which we hold we accountable,' FLIR CEO Andy Teich said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: The Securities and Exchange Commission (pictured) announced the deal Wednesday, saying FLIR Systems Inc. earned more than $7 million in profits from sales influenced by the gifts .
article_snippet.sent: Besides paying $9.5 million, FLIR must report to the SEC the SEC on the SEC efforts to comply with the corrupt practices law for two years.
highlights_snippet.sent: FLIR Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle bribery charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: FLIR Systems Inc. said FLIR Systems Inc. earned more than $7 million in profits from sales influenced by the gifts .
  