Moscow waiting for information in Hewlett Packard bribe case

Hewlett-Packard's executives are suspected of paying about $10.9 million in bribes approximately seven years ago to win a multi-million dollar contract. The company sold computer equipment through a German subsidiary to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

"We still do not have any information [on this case]. When we get the materials from Dresden, we will file suit," Yury Chaika said.

Russian investigators on April 14 searched the Moscow office of U.S. high-tech corporation Hewlett-Packard on a request from Germany.

"Investigations are being carried out as part of an international legal request received from the relevant authorities in Germany," the committee said on its website.

A Hewlett-Packard representative told RIA Novosti the company's employees were "providing assistance to the authorities", Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.