In October 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted SGO Corporation Limited, a London-based parent company of Smartmatic, on charges of bribery of foreign officials and money laundering.The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Case No. 1:24-cr-20343-KMW).Co-defendants include Juan Andres Donato Bautista, former chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections, along with Smartmatic executives Roger Piñate, Jorge Vásqu