By Mike Scarcella

(Reuters) -Voting technology company Smartmatic was charged in U.S. federal court in Florida on Thursday with money laundering and other crimes, in an alleged foreign bribery conspiracy involving three of its former executives to secure business in the Philippines.

Federal prosecutors named Smartmatic parent SGO Corp as a defendant in the ongoing criminal prosecution filed in 2024 against three former executives for their alleged roles in the scheme.

Prosecutors have alleged the executives funneled $1 million in bribes between 2015 and 2018 to a former Philippine election official, also a defendant, to obtain business.

Smartmatic in a statement on Thursday called the charges “wrong on the facts and wrong on the law.” The company said it will contest the claims, and wa

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