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When confronted for requests for bribes, Ibrahim instructed employees to say, "How much do you want? Two million? Three million?" Employees were told to ask people to submit the request for a payoff in writing, which of course no one would do. To further insure that no one in the company would pay a large bribe, he stipulated that no Celtel employee could spend more than thirty thousand dollars without the approval of the entire board. Celtel was never accused of corruption.