Executives at two UK security companies have been charged with trying to bribe the defence minister of an African country following an elaborate FBI sting operation. David Painter, 56, and Lee Wares, 43, chairman and director of a British firm that sells armoured vehicles, were arrested on Monday, the US justice department said. Pankesh Patel, 43, the managing director of a UK company that is a sales agent for security products, was also taken into custody. The firms were not named. The men were among 22 people arrested in Las Vegas after the operation, during which they allegedly tried to bribe the defence minister of an African country. It is claimed they offered to pay a 20% “commission” as a bribe to win part of a $15m (£9.1m) deal to equip an African country’s presidential guard. But a sales agent who they believed represented the defence minister was in fact an undercover FBI agent. No actual defence ­minister was involved.

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