▁alleg ations ▁that ▁S add am ' s ▁regime ▁had ▁b rib ed ▁news ▁rep or ters ▁with ▁oil ▁coup ons . ▁Re por ters ▁named ▁include ▁Ah med ▁Mans our ▁of ▁Al ▁J aze era ▁and ▁, ▁a ▁writer ▁based ▁in ▁France ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁pro - S add am ▁positions . ▁Two ▁types ▁of ▁oil ▁coup ons ▁were ▁used : ▁silver ▁coup ons ▁that ▁entitled ▁hold ers ▁to ▁nine ▁million ▁bar rel s ▁of ▁oil , ▁and ▁gold ▁coup ons ▁worth ▁more . ▁Ham ida ▁Na ana a ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁received ▁a ▁gold ▁cou pon . ▁ ▁In gers oll - R and ▁pays ▁$ 2 . 5 m ▁in ▁fin es ▁for ▁kick back s ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁SE C ▁brought ▁a ▁case ▁against ▁In gers oll - R and ▁alleg ing ▁kick back s ▁by ▁three ▁different ▁subs idi aries ▁to ▁Ira qi ▁Government ▁officials . ▁In gers oll - R and ' s ▁German ▁subs idi ary ▁AB G , ▁subs idi ary ▁I - R ▁Italiana ▁and ▁the ▁Irish ▁subs idi ary ▁Th ermo ▁King ▁paid ▁" after - s ales ▁service ▁fe es " ▁( ASS F s ), ▁although ▁no ▁b ona ▁f ide ▁services ▁were ▁performed . ▁In gers oll - R and , ▁without ▁adm itting ▁or ▁den ying ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁in ▁the ▁commission ' s ▁compla int , ▁cons ented ▁to ▁the ▁entry ▁of ▁a ▁final ▁judgment ▁perman ently ▁enjo ining ▁it