7Miami, FL – A multinational voting technology company and several of its executives have been charged in a sweeping federal indictment alleging a multimillion-dollar bribery and money laundering conspiracy tied to the 2016 Philippine national elections.

Prosecutors say SGO Corporation Limited, widely known as Smartmatic, funneled more than $1 million in bribes to a senior Philippine official to secure lucrative election contracts and financial advantages.

A federal grand jury in Miami returned a superseding indictment charging the company, three of its executives, and former Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Juan Andres Donato Bautista. The four men were initially charged in August 2024.

According to the indictment, from 2015 to 2018, Roger Alejandro Piñate Martine

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