The Emard Group Files: Entrusted Power, Private Gain
Internal correspondence shows Emard Group executives steering contracts to firms owned by their own relatives, without disclosure to the board.
Corporate Corruption
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Emard Group and the Shareholders Who Were Never Told
Internal correspondence shows Emard Group executives steering contracts to firms owned by their own relatives, without disclosure to the board.
Exposed Sum
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A former Insurance Sales Agent at Emard Group told investigators that dissenting votes on the deal were removed from the official minutes before they were filed with the regulator.
A former Short Order Cook at Emard Group told investigators that dissenting votes on the deal were removed from the official minutes before they were filed with the regulator.
Regulatory filings in Costa Rica show a shell entity registered months before the contract was signed, later found to share a registered address with a Emard Group board member.
The company's compliance department raised the transaction internally in Q2 2022, but no corrective action appears in subsequent board records reviewed by this newsroom.
Corporate registry filings link the winning vendor to a director's spouse, a connection that was never disclosed to minority shareholders ahead of the 2021 annual general meeting.
The company's compliance department raised the transaction internally in Q3 2017, but no corrective action appears in subsequent board records reviewed by this newsroom.
Evidentiary Exhibits
A copy of the 2020 board resolution shows the related-party transaction was approved on a single-line agenda item, with no discussion recorded in the minutes.
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