On 17 December 2008, the Estonian Security Police Board announced that the company AS Merko Ehitus is under suspicion of offering a gratuity. According to the suspicions, a member of the management board of AS Merko Ehitus gave a book and a travel agency gift certificate worth 25 000 EEK to a city administration official as a gift, considered as a bribe for taking care of the detailed plans of seven registered immovables in the city of Tallinn. AS Merko Ehitus rejects the suspicions against the company. Tiit Roben Chairman of Board +372 6 805 105 merko@merko.ee