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Greenwich Lawyer Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Cognizant Office Complex, Feds Charge
A Greenwich lawyer conspired to pay government officials in India a $2 million bribe to pave the way for an office complex there when he was the chief legal officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, a federal indictment charges.
Steven Schwartz, 51, and former Cognizant president Gordon Coburn, 55, of Beaver Creek, Colorado, approved the payoff to secure the necessary permits for construction, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Friday.
To cover up the scheme, the pair and others “agreed that a third-party construction company would obtain the permit by making the illega…
