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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Pegg and Rob Evans

Bosses dismissed my concerns, UK arms firm executive tells corruption trial

Miteb bin Abdullah
The SFO alleges that the bribes were channelled to Miteb bin Abdullah, pictured, and other senior Saudi officials. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

A financial executive who blew the whistle on millions of pounds of corrupt payments in an arms deal secretly recorded his conversations with his managers as they dismissed his concerns, a court has heard.

Mike Paterson said he grew more and more uncomfortable with the unexplained payments and refused to approve them in his role as the financial controller of a British arms firm.

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