Four guilty over £6m NHS contracts corruption

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Four men have been convicted after a £6m corruption and bribery probe involving health boards across Scotland.

Contracts awarded to Oricom Ltd, founded by Adam Sharoudi and Gavin Brown, for telecoms and video conferencing equipment between 2010 and 2017 breached rules on financial wrongdoing during the tendering process.

An investigation found the company was given "commercially sensitive information" by former NHS employees Alan Hush and Gavin Cox, who received a combined £88,000 in cash and gifts in return.

They were found guilty of a string of charges including bribery, corruption, fraud, theft as well as others under the Proceeds of Crime Act at the High Court in Glasgow.

The court heard Sahroudi, 41, and Brown, 48, did "acquire, use and possess" a total of £5,719,244 of "criminal property" paid by NHS Lothian, NHS Grampian, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

One single contract was worth £3.1m, the trial was told.

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