It seems the U.S. isn’t the only with country with valid concerns over voting machines.
The feds have slapped charges on three executives from the voting machine company Smartmatic for meddling in the Philippines.
The executives were allegedly funneling cash to the former Chairman of the Filipino Commission of Elections — a big no-no.
Four Men Charged in Philippine Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
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The Gateway Pundit has more details in its write-up:
Three senior executives at the voting machine company Smartmatic have been charged in a massive bribery scheme.
In a press release on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that between 2015 and 2018, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, 49, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Davie, Florida, funnelled around $1 million in bribes to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, the former Chairman of the Filipino Commission of Elections (COMELEC).
Last year, The Gateway Pundit reported that Filipino authorities had banned Smartmatic voting machines as a result of the allegations, ending 13 years of service in the Asian country.
While it was mainly Dominion Voting Systems that was embroiled in the fraud allegations that tainted the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Smartmatic remains a major player in the U.S. election market. The company is current suing Fox News in a massive $2.7 billion lawsuit.
The company is particularly controversial for its ties to Nicolas Maduro’s communist regime in Venezuela. The country’s current vice-president, Delcy Rodriguez, was married to Smartmatic founder Alfredo Jose Anzola, before his death in an aviation accident back in 2008.