This is business-as-usual for suppliers over here in China. Just yesterday I had one supplier we were quoting send a text message to one of my lead project eng

This is business-as-usual for suppliers over here in China. Just yesterday I had one supplier we were quoting send a text message to one of my lead project engineers asking him for inside information on pricing for a quotation. In each of the last three years, I've fired at least one employee for kickback activity. I had one employee setup a shell company we paid $100,000 USD to it for products with about $50,000 USD in actual market value. Now, I am learning about the China court system, paid $15000 USD for a legal team to try to put his head on a platter for embezzlement, just so we can show the rest of our current and future employees in hopes they will be too scared to try this again. Sourcing in China is hard. Now, I have 4 staff accountants running around in a 15 person office, just to ensure enough checks and balances in place to keep us from getting robbed. Trust is not an option.