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Third insider blows whistle on ‘corrupt’ Saudi defence deal

Yet another former programme director tells SFO about ‘unethical’ Sangcom project

By Frederika Whitehead | 9 July 2012

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Unethical business: Eddie Fisher blows the whistle

As I understood more, I began to realise how they conducted the business, and I was really concerned

Eddie Fisher, former programme director, Sangcom project

Another whistleblower has come forward to support allegations against a British company of corruption in a huge defence deal with Saudi Arabia.

Eddie Fisher is the third person working on the project to sound the alarm. And he is the second former programme director to have given information on it to the Serious Fraud Office, which is carrying out a preliminary investigation into the case.

The programme, known as the Sangcom project, is to overhaul the Saudi national guard’s communications systems.

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