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Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Avon Products Inc., pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to conceal more than 8 million in gifts, cash and non-business meals, travel and entertainment it gave to Chinese government officials in order to obtain and retain business benefits for Avon China. Avon China and Avon admitted the improper accounting and payments and Avon Products entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve the investigation. In total, the Avon entities were to pay 67,648,000 in criminal penalties.