date:Aug 16, 2013
ged violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and whether it had handled such matters appropriately.
The situation drew public attention in April 2012 when the New York Times reported that management at Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (WALMEXV.MX) had orchestrated bribes of $24 million to help it grow quickly in the last decade and that the U.S. parent's top brass had tried to cover it up.
Wal-Mart said it had spent $82 million on the probe in the second quarter, after forecasting spen