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HP pays $55 million fine for Carly's kickback scheme

Original post made by Carly, College Terrace, on Aug 31, 2010

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Monday that Hewlett-Packard paid $55 million to settle claims that the Palo Alto tech giant gave illegal kickbacks to other companies that recommended HP products to government agencies.

Carly was HP CEO when this scam was going on.

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Posted by Carly
a resident of College Terrace
on Aug 31, 2010 at 7:03 pm

Carly's going to be on a TV debate tomorrow night. Just a coincidence that this case was settled this week?


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