A company that owns and operates red-light cameras worldwide has reached a deal with federal prosecutors after being involved in a bribery scandal in Illinois and Ohio.
Under the agreement, the Department of Justice will not seek criminal charges against the Phoenix-based Redflex Traffic Systems Inc.
The agreement was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s offices for the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Ohio.
Redflex was tied to a scandal that involved bribing elected officials for red-light camera contracts in the cities of Chicago and Columbus. The scandal prompted a 2015 review by D.C. officials of a red-light camera contract that the District had with the company. Redflex also administered red-light camera systems in Virginia’s Alexandria and City of Fairfax. There have been no known investigations of Redflex in the area.
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