The former chief legal officer and president of a New Jersey-based tech services company allegedly discussed a scheme to bribe government officials during video conference calls, according to an indictment filed in New Jersey federal court.

Prosecutors allege that ex-CLO Steven Schwartz and former president Gordon Coburn of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. in Teaneck authorized a construction company to pay more than $3.6 million in bribes to secure a planning permit for a large campus in Chennai, India.

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