JUST IN: Smartmatic Indicted For Alleged Bribery Scheme

Alex Griffing Oct 16th, 2025, 5:42 pm

(Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Smartmatic, the voting machine company made famous following the 2020 election, was charged on Thursday over allegations of bribery and money laundering.

The Justice Department’s indictment stems from allegations of a decade-long scheme to bribe officials in the Philippines and is an extension of August 2024 charges against Smartmatic executives Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez and Jorge Miguel Vasquez , as well as a third executive Elie Moreno – who were all charged with foreign bribery and money laundering.

The explained that the new filing “added the parent company of Smartmatic, SGO Corporation Ltd., as a defendant in a cr

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