{"id":4488,"date":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amabhungane.org\/amabhungane\/stories\/evidence-suggests-sap-used-the-gupta-influence-network-to-drive-sales-of-a-billion-rand-to-transnet-and-other-state-owned-companies\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T20:29:32","slug":"guptaleaks-software-giant-sap-paid-gupta-front-r100m-kickbacks-for-state-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/further.co.za\/amabwp\/guptaleaks-software-giant-sap-paid-gupta-front-r100m-kickbacks-for-state-business\/","title":{"rendered":"#GuptaLeaks: Software giant SAP paid Gupta front R100m \u201ckickbacks\u201d for state business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To clinch Transnet business, business software giant SAP agreed to pay 10% \u201csales commission\u201d to a company controlled by the Guptas. The evidence suggests the company \u2013 a little-known outpost of the Gupta empire \u2013 was deliberately&nbsp;<\/em><em>interposed<\/em><em>&nbsp;to obscure Gupta involvement and to launder the proceeds to them.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With \u20ac22-billion (about R330-billion) in revenue last year, German software multinational SAP should have all the expertise it needs to close major deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the #GuptaLeaks and related information show, the world\u2019s third largest software company is not above calling in help from the politically connected, risking contravention of international anti-bribery laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AmaBhungane and Scorpio can reveal that in August 2015, SAP signed a \u201csales commission agreement\u201d with a small Gupta-controlled company that specialises in selling 3D printers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terms suggest a thinly disguised kickback arrangement: If the Gupta company were the \u201ceffective cause\u201d of SAP landing a Transnet contract worth R100-million or more, it would get 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read the sales commission agreement\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/sapsalescommissionagreementwithcadhouse.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the year to follow, SAP paid the company, CAD House, a whopping R99.9-million, suggesting SAP used the Gupta influence network to drive sales of a billion rand to Transnet and other state-owned companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAP denies it paid kickbacks or was party to laundering the payments, arguing that CAD House had \u201cthe necessary skills in terms of positioning our solution\u201d and was paid a sales commission for acting as \u201can extension of the sales force\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are factors suggesting that SAP\u2019s denial does not hold water: There is no evidence that CAD House had any experience marketing or selling SAP software. And CAD House appears to have been used as a front, both to distance the transaction from the Guptas and to launder the proceeds to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither CAD House nor the Gupta family responded to detailed questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strategic customer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, Transnet was considered so key to SAP\u2019s business that it was defined as a \u201cstrategic customer\u201d \u2013 a designation given to just 300 out of 197,000 SAP customers worldwide, according to an SAP presentation found in the #GuptaLeaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite its special relationship, SAP was seemingly having trouble closing deals with Transnet and turned to the Guptas for help, the trove shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAD House, which specialises in selling 3D printers, is not widely known to be part of the Gupta empire. At the time it was, on paper, half owned by Santosh Choubey, a key Gupta lieutenant employed by their Sahara Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minutes and other #GuptaLeaks records show, however, that CAD House was managed as a subsidiary of the Sahara group \u2013 indicating that beneficial ownership rested with the Guptas themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview, SAP South Africa chief financial officer Deena Pillay claimed that CAD House was no different to other sales agents SAP uses. \u201cThey\u2019re small guys who would go out there, identify business and come to SAP with that opportunity. It\u2019s a lever available to SAP to sell its software\u2026 We\u2019ve got a sales force that we employ, so these are the agents on the ground\u2026 They are an extension of the sales force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In SAP\u2019s world, commission agreements are not unusual. Except in this case Transnet was already a client of SAP and the commission agreement with CAD House made it clear SAP was not so much hiring a sales agent to market a product to Transnet as a fixer to clinch the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission agreement was signed on 20 August 2015 by Pillay and another senior SAP executive. It promised CAD House 10% if CAD House was the \u201ceffective cause\u201d of Transnet signing a R100-million-plus deal with SAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAD House\u2019s \u201cmain purpose\u201d, it specified, \u201cis to assist [SAP] in obtaining Customer consent to the Customer Contract and Customer\u2019s requisite signatures to such agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Due diligence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAP\u2019s Pillay told amaBhungane that an \u201cexternal reputable company\u201d did a \u201crigorous due diligence\u201d on CAD House before the agreement was signed. Pillay\u2019s colleague Candice Govender, who is SAP South Africa head of legal, confirmed that SAP was aware CAD House was connected to Sahara, but found \u201cno red flags\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, by the time SAP signed the commission agreement in August 2015, the red flags were in plain sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks earlier, amaBhungane and the <em>Mail &amp; Guardian<\/em> had revealed how telecoms firm Neotel agreed to pay letterbox company Homix R104-million in what were also termed \u201ccommissions\u201d \u2013 clearly kickbacks \u2013 to land Transnet contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our expos\u00e9 at the time showed that a Gupta man was behind Homix. Immediately after the expos\u00e9, Neotel\u2019s chief executive and chief financial officers went on \u201cspecial leave\u201d, ultimately to lose their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Read\u00a0&#8216;Kickback&#8217; scandal engulfs Transnet\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amabhungane.co.za\/article\/2015-07-30-kickback-scandal-engulfs-transnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two possibilities present themselves: Either SAP ignored the obvious red flags about the Guptas\u2019 alleged involvement as fixers at Transnet, or it signed up for exactly the same service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last year, SAP agreed to pay a $3.9-million fine after a senior SAP official paid bribes for state business in Panama via a local partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read the SEC judgement on the SAP Panama case <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/160000seconsapbribesettlement.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SEC had jurisdiction because of SAP\u2019s secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The road to closure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even for questionable commission agreements, 10% appears to be high. One industry insider put the usual \u201cfixer\u201d fee at closer to two or three percent. With the Neotel deals, Homix was to receive roughly 5% of the roughly R2-billion Transnet contract value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But SAP not only wanted a Transnet deal worth a minimum of R100-million, it wanted it signed within just one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an attached timeline of deliverables, referred to in the commission agreement as the \u201cRoad to Closure\u201d, CAD House and Choubey were expected to secure a meeting with Transnet chief financial officer Garry Pita within just three days to \u201cposition the financial benefit\u201d of SAP\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read the &#8216;Road to Closure&#8217; document\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/sapappendixandroadtoclosure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that it was not a sales effort, but one simply of getting Pita and Transnet to give the necessary approvals. The timeline provided that Pita would have the required R100-million-plus \u201cbudget reallocated for capital approval\u201d only a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 21 September 2015, a month after SAP signed the commission agreement, CAD House was expected to \u201cfast-track and attempt to obtain contract signature\u201d from Pita and Transnet\u2019s chief information officer \u2013 although it had leeway until the end of December still to qualify for the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there is scant information in the agreement about how CAD House would work such a miracle, the agreement \u2013 in common with many commission contracts \u2013 contained extensive anti-bribery clauses, making CAD House promise that it would not pay any money in turn to government, state-owned company or party officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the circumstances suggest this was little more than a fig leaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fronting for the Guptas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evidence suggests that CAD House was interposed as a front to avoid exactly the kind of red flags that the Guptas as politically connected persons would have raised during a due diligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a company with a turnover of less than R20-million and struggling to make any profit at all, the prospect of millions in commission should have been a major development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, #GuptaLeaks minutes of monthly CAD House meetings straddling the date of the commission agreement make no mention of the expected windfall. The meetings, at Gupta holding company Oakbay Investment\u2019s Sandton offices, were attended by both Sahara and CAD House officials and discussed revenue-generating proposals for the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A CAD House budget signed off in February 2016 \u2013 six months after the commission agreement was signed and shortly before SAP\u2019s payments were to start rolling in \u2013 made no mention of the income either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we shall see, this was with good reason: SAP\u2019s payments were not to stay with CAD House, but flow straight out to other Gupta companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although SAP vehemently defended the decision to hire CAD House, Pillay and Govender seemed unable to explain why a company that sells 3D printers was an ideal partner for a complex software deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were doing a proof of concept and CAD House was an existing vendor at Transnet and we were looking at doing 3D models for these guys to show them the value and the benefit of using our solution,\u201d Pillay told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When pushed for further detail of what SAP product required it to be modeled in 3D, Pillay said: \u201c[The deal] was about Transnet in terms of the rail infrastructure, the way the operations work, the yards, the trains \u2013 all of that these guys were able to do the necessary 3D modelling as well as being able to position the SAP solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we pointed out that CAD House\u2019s speciality is selling printers that make physical 3D models, Govender deflected: &#8220;At the end of the day they [CAD House] were vetted internally and externally; SAP was happy that they added value; [Transnet] was happy that they added value\u2026 Look, you have the CFO and SAP head of legal in front of you&#8230; If you need more technical detail you don\u2019t have the right people in front of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are compelling reasons to be sceptical of SAP\u2019s explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One, Pillay signed the commission agreement on behalf of SAP and would surely have been privy to why SAP was giving away 10% of a minimum R100-million deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two, If SAP honestly did want plastic models of its software solution it could have bought them at a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And three, despite Pillay maintaining that SAP engaged CAD House because of its \u201cexisting relationship [and] understanding the processes within Transnet\u201d, Transnet denied it had any relationship with CAD House whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pita, the Transnet chief financial officer and \u201cRoad to Closure\u201d target of SAP and CAD House\u2019s lobbying efforts, wrote in reply to our questions: \u201cAccording to our records, Transnet has not conducted business with CAD House. I have never heard of CAD House or dealt with them, nor have I had any discussions with a Mr Choubey about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have never been approached by CAD House or Mr Choubey to discuss Transnet\u2019s contract with SAP or SAP\u2019s services and products. I have not met with any third party to discuss contracts between Transnet and SAP.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, a more plausible explanation for the payments to CAD House may be that SAP willingly entered into a kickback agreement where both parties knew the Guptas, not CAD House, were to receive SAP\u2019s millions and use their politically-derived influence to secure business for SAP. This is supported by what happened in the run-up to the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The start of a beautiful friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The #GuptaLeaks show that Lawrence Kandaswami, SAP South Africa\u2019s managing director, was the software multinational\u2019s key contact with the Guptas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As far back as 2014, when he was still SAP\u2019s account director responsible for Transnet, Kandaswami exchanged emails with Choubey, who used his Sahara Systems email address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read the emails <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/141016kandaswamifwdssapproposalontransnethanatochoubeyon-senttoessa.pdf\">here<\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/160302kandaswamicontactssinghkokodirectlytodiscusssaphanaofferfwdstochoubey.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, SAP was trying to close a separate deal with Transnet to buy SAP Hana, a database management product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day after meeting with Transnet, Kandaswami forwarded Choubey the SAP presentation marked \u201cstrictly confidential\u201d, detailing the proposed deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kandaswami\u2019s message read: \u201cThis is to prompt movement on the opportunity.\u201d Choubey immediately forwarded the email to Salim Essa, with a note saying: \u201cSir \u2013 FYI \u2013 Supporting for Hana from SAP.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essa, a key Gupta lieutenant, has often been the family\u2019s most direct point of contact at Transnet and Eskom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The #GuptaLeaks do not show what Essa did after receiving Kandaswami\u2019s email but Transnet confirmed that it agreed to go ahead with the proposed SAP Hana deal in late 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By February 2015, Kandaswami had been promoted to SAP South Africa\u2019s head of public sector, according to his LinkedIn profile. Both Transnet and Eskom\u2019s accounts were now under his purview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are indications that a similar role was played at Eskom too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 17 February 2016, the #GuptaLeaks show, Choubey scheduled a meeting between Sahara and SAP. Two weeks later, on 2 March, Kandaswami emailed Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh, head of procurement Edwin Mabelane and head of generation Matshela Koko about an urgent deal for Eskom to acquire SAP Hana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The offer would expire, he warned, at the end of March unless Eskom seized the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a pattern that has now become familiar, Kandaswami almost immediately forwarded this email to Choubey, who forwarded it to one of the Gupta brothers\u2019 adult children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe confirmed that Eskom signed two contracts with SAP during 2015 and 2016, but declined to provide any further detail, citing a confidentiality agreement signed with SAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after these exchanges took place, Kandaswami was promoted to managing director for SAP South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>R99.9m payday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the signing of the Transnet commission agreement, the money started flowing to CAD House \u2013 and straight out again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first SAP payment we know about landed in CAD House\u2019s bank account in April 2016. The R17-million did not stay there long; on the same day R2-million was transferred out to Sahara Computers and R2.3-million to an obscure Eastern Cape company whose owner we have been unable to trace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within five days another R10-million was transferred out: R9-million to Sahara Computers and a million to Baroda, the Guptas\u2019 bank of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar pattern was repeated that July when R9.2-million came in from SAP. Within two days, R7.7-million bounced to Sahara Systems and R1.1-million to the Eastern Cape company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December that year, a massive R73.7-million rolled in from SAP. Within a fortnight, R71.1-million had gone out to three companies in the Sahara orbit: Cutting Edge, Futureteq and Sahara Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, amaBhungane identified R99.9-million in SAP payments of which only R5.7-million did not flow straight out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amount appears not to relate only to the R100-million minimum Transnet contract that was the subject of the commission agreement we know about. Pillay and Govender confirmed that SAP paid CAD House in respect of \u201cother customers\u201d too, but refused to give details, citing client confidentiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This pattern, of money being cycled through Gupta-controlled accounts at a rate that defies all commercial reason, has become familiar through the #GuptaLeaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we put it to SAP that it may have become party to a money laundering scheme by contracting with CAD House, Govender objected strongly, saying: \u201cWe are not aware of any payments being made to Sahara or anybody else. Our contract is with CAD House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pillay added: \u201cWhat the partner does with their money I have no control over. If you say these guys pass the money up the line, I have no control over that, I have no visibility over that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAP may end up having to explain that to the Securities and Exchange Commission too, which will have SAP on a watch list after last year\u2019s settlement over bribery in Panama. In that matter, the SEC found that SAP \u201cfailed to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls\u201d to prevent bribery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transnet did not respond to questions other than to mirror Pita\u2019s comments, saying it had \u201cnever conducted any business with CAD House. The company is not aware of CAD House\u2019s involvement with SAP or Mr Choubey\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailed questions were sent to SAP\u2019s Kandaswami and Sahara\u2019s Choubey, but neither responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read SAP&#8217;s statement, issued after publication,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.mg.co.za\/content\/documents\/2017\/07\/11\/170711sapsaholdingstatement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a written statement, Govender said: \u201cSAP is dedicated to conducting every aspect of our business responsibly and in accordance with the highest legal standards\u2026 With regard to CAD House and SAP SA Business Development Partners in general, please note that any selected SMMEs and\/or partners are verified, both in terms of SAP\u2019s rigorous internal forensic procedure as well as by an independent forensic law firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><p style=\"display: inline !important;\"><em>The story was updated after publication to include a statement from\u00a0SAP plus links to #GuptaLeaks documents.<\/em><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amabhungane.co.za\/\">The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism<\/a> is an independent non-profit. 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