The admission of "improper payments", after an 18-month internal investigation, could lead to fines and possible criminal action in the US and Germany.

在18个月的公司内部调查后，公司承认“不正当支出”可能导致在美国和德国受到罚款，还可能受到刑事指控。

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Then a massive scandal broke out involving hundreds of priests and victims, internal cover-ups and the Church's admission of the moving around of accused priests from parish to parish.

之后，一个巨大的丑闻爆发出来，涉及数百名教士和受害者，内部的掩饰，以及教会允许受指控的教士从一个教区转到另一个教区继续任职等。

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The fundraising jaunt comes at a difficult time for Obama, whose administration is facing heated questions from congressional Republicans and conservative critics over the handling of a deadly assault on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, and an admission by the Internal Revenue Service that Tea Party groups were singled out for scrutiny.

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The stance began an internal process over time that was by his admission, anything but smooth.

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