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Furthermore, the investigators made efforts to locate the three companies, and were unsuccessful. The investigators could not find anyone in Bamako who was able to confirm that these companies ever existed. The investigators visited the Tribunal de commerce in Bamako and could not find any record of the existence of these companies there, either. Therefore, says the Respondent, the companies never existed and the quotations are forged to suggest that a fair procurement process took place. 25. (...) It is also interesting to note that the company which was awarded the contract, Sahel Transit, was not traceable either, yet it does not seem to be disputed that the company did exist, and did carry out its part of the contracts it was awarded. 28.

He indicated that the reason for leaving that company was due to “chômage technique” (“redundancy”). 44. In addition, the Applicant indicated in his PHP that he was “coordinateur des activités” of the company from “January 2002 to March 2005”. Yet, in his pleadings he indicated he was the owner since 2003 and he signed a contract on behalf of his company in 2009. (...) Nowhere in the Applicant’s PHP is it mentioned that he was the owner of a company from 2003 to 2009. Accordingly, the Administration could not have been put on notice that he owned a private company.

… In August 2001 the Applicant’s wife established a company called BG Trading. The company remained in her name until her death in July 2004 when the Applicant, along with his two children, inherited a 95% share in the company (...) Varnero was also a company which carried out contractual work for the United Nations and due to his role as Chief of the Facilities Management Section the Applicant had dealt with this company. (...) This company was also carrying out work on United Nations contracts.

In August 2001 the Applicant’s wife established a company called BG Trading. The company remained in her name until her death in July 2004 when the Applicant, along with his two children, inherited a 95% share in the company. 4. (...) This company was also carrying out work on United Nations contracts. (...) At the time of the hearing the company was still in existence. He never received any remuneration from that company and that company never did business with ECA19. 75.

As charged in the criminal Information filed today, in 2000, YAKOVLEV, while working as a procurement officer at the United Nations, established the company Moxyco, Ltd. to facilitate the illicit and secret payment of money to him by foreign companies seeking to secure contracts to provide goods and services to the United Nations. (...) UNDT/2014/040 Page 3 of 14 Thereafter, YAKOVLEV received wire transfers sent to bank accounts in 2 Antigua and Switzerland from foreign companies in exchange for providing information to companies about United Nations contracts that were up for bid and for assisting companies to obtain United Nations contracts. The Information charges that YAKOVLEV received wire transfers from, among others: “foreign company 1”, for providing that company with information from the United Nations regarding a bid for contracts related to the airlifting of United Nations supplies to foreign countries; and “foreign company 2” and “foreign company 3” in return for his assistance in helping those companies obtain contracts with other companies that engaged in business with the United Nations.