TeliaSonera claims that when it acquired a small Gibraltar-based company for the purpose of gaining access to telecom licenses in Uzbekistan, it did nothing wrong. What about the company might indicate corruption?
A) The company had no employees or assets or holdings other than it held the licenses to phone frequencies in Uzbekistan.
B) The company was owned by Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's ruler.
C) A US company that had declined business dealings with Karimova found its frequency jammed by the Uzbek government.
D) All of the above

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The combination of the company having no real business operations (A), being owned by a politically exposed person (B), and the evidence of retaliatory actions against competitors (C) all suggest potential corruption in the acquisition process.

TeliaSonera Claims That When It Acquired a Small Gibraltar-Based Company