Satyam implicated in new scandal

Troubled outsourcer blamed by audit for problems with World Health Organisation system

Satyam is under further scrutiny

Troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam is embroiled in another possible scandal, with reports suggesting problems with a contract with the World Health Organisation for the development of a $55.5m (£38m) global business management system.

According to audit documents (PDF) seen by Fox News, Satyam ignored the instructions of the software's manufacturer Oracle when implementing the system.

Also, when the audit report was published in May 2008, Satyam was exceeding the contracted amount by $1.4m (£965,000), but the audit said this could rise further if there were more delays.

Satyam could not immediately provide comment.

Satyam has recently been involved in a scandal that has been described as India's Enron after the chairman of the company admitted to inflating profits for the past seven years by a sum of 50.4bn rupees (£682m).