The Envelope Economy: Bribery Inside Cummerata-Tillman
Testimony and bank records tie Cummerata-Tillman to a system of "facilitation payments" made to secure approvals worth PKR 42 billion.
Bribery and Kickbacks
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Cash for Contracts: The Cummerata-Tillman Kickback Scheme
Testimony and bank records tie Cummerata-Tillman to a system of "facilitation payments" made to secure approvals worth PKR 52 billion.
Exposed Sum
PKR 93B
A rival bidder's formal complaint, filed in 2020 and never publicly resolved, alleged the technical scoring sheet was altered after submissions closed.
Corporate records show Cummerata-Tillman retained a "consultant" in Bermuda whose invoiced fee of PKR 2,484 million has no documented deliverable attached to it.
Call records obtained through a source close to the investigation show 540 contacts between a Cummerata-Tillman representative and the procurement committee chair in the month preceding the award.
Bank records show structured cash withdrawals of PKR 1,974 thousand in the days before each of three major contract approvals reviewed for this investigation.
A rival bidder's formal complaint, filed in 2016 and never publicly resolved, alleged the technical scoring sheet was altered after submissions closed.
Witnesses describe a standing arrangement in which Cummerata-Tillman paid a 24% "facilitation fee" to officials who cleared its bids ahead of technical evaluation.
Evidentiary Exhibits
A leaked ledger page records six unexplained cash disbursements totalling PKR 8,088 thousand in the run-up to contract signature.
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Cash for Contracts: The Cummerata-Tillman Kickback Scheme
A former procurement officer describes a standing arrangement in which Cummerata-Tillman paid a percentage of contract value to officials who cleared its bids.