A New Jersey-based construction management firm, Louis Berger International Inc, has been charged with paying a little br br under $1 million (over 6 crore at current exchange rates) in bribes for projects in Goa and Guwahati, including to a br br minister, whose name has not been revealed in documents released by the US justice department. Louis Berger has admitted br br to violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Law. br On Friday, the firm admitted to involvement of its employees in bribe payments of $3.9 million between 1998 and 2010 in br br India, Indonesia, Kuwait and Vietnam, and decided to pay the $17.1 million penalty.