49 year old Helder MENDES Da SILVA, The Managing Director of locally based International construction company Casais (Gibraltar) Ltd has today been charged with the offence of Bribery.
This follows a criminal complaint connected with a project for which the construction firm had been contracted. It was alleged that in April 2020, during the course of commercial discussions relating to payments of construction works, a €20,000 cash bribe was offered to encourage a third- party to approve disputed works on the project, with a value close to £2 million.
The defendant is due to appear before the Magistrates’ Court tomorrow at 1000hrs.