China's ZTE may pay over $1B to the US over foreign bribery allegations

A $1B bribe for bribery

> ZTE , which already paid some $2 billion in penalties to U.S. authorities over export violations during President Donald Trump's first term, has for years faced probes by authorities around the world, opens new tab into alleged bribes to secure telecom contracts

I suppose the true cost of open and visible bribery is that now everyone wants a piece of the pie.