Rolls-Royce bribery claims date to 2006 A whistleblower has alleged for at least six years that Rolls-Royce paid bribes to secure business for its civil aircraft engines in Indonesia. At least as long ago as 2006 Dick Taylor took his concerns public by posting statements on local newspaper and industry news internet sites. Over the following years Mr Taylor, who had been the company's chief service representative and is now retired, repeated his assertions - often word for word - on more than a handful diverse news sites that covered Rolls-Royce news. But it took until this year and the prompting of the Serious Fraud Office for Rolls-Royce to investigate those allegations and hand them over to the regulator. The SFO, which would not comment Sunday, began looking into Rolls-Royce more than a year ago and earlier this year told the company of its concerns of possible bribery and corruption by Rolls-Royce intermediaries in Indonesia and China. Rolls-Royce then ordered an outside law firm to investigate. On Thursday the company announced it had found reasons for concern with regards to bribery and corruption by its intermediaries in Indonesia and China. It also said it found possible wrongdoing in other overseas markets, which it declined to name. The company sent what it found to the SFO and also informed the US Department of Justice, which has in the past levied large fines on non-US companies that have broken its bribery laws. Though Rolls-Royce warned its investors the matter could result in prosecution of the company and individuals, the revelation hardly changed the momentum of its shares. After falling 3 per cent on the day, they rose again to finish the week at 896.50p, up more than 27.7 per cent from a year ago. Rolls-Royce confirmed Mr Taylor had been an employee, but declined to comment further. On Thursday John Rishton, its chief executive, said: "I want to make it crystal clear that neither I nor the board will tolerate improper business conduct of any sort and will take all necessary action to ensure compliance." Many of the allegations - including those of Mr Taylor - predate Mr Rishton, whose predecessor Sir John Rose, ran the company from 1996 until last year, although none of Mr Taylor's allegations suggest he was directly involved or give an exact date of when they occurred. Under Sir John, Rolls-Royce underwent a huge international expansion, with its order book rising from £7.6bn to more than £58bn. Much of that expansion came in Asia and in countries where especially at the time doing business without coming across issues of possible corruption and bribery was far more difficult than in markets such as the US and Europe. Rolls-Royce's main alleged transgressions predate July 2011, when new tougher anti bribery laws came into force in the UK. The SFO has yet to decide whether to launch a criminal investigation of Rolls-Royce