Anonymous ID: 1bc22f Dec. 30, 2020, 7:15 a.m. No.12237052   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7151 >>7401 >>7558

US confirms conviction of Chinese official linked to Hunter Biden for bribery

 

Chi Ping Patrick Ho, Hong Kong’s former Home Affairs secretary and former chairman of a panel funded by a Chinese energy conglomerate, was convicted in 2018 of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and filed an appeal in March of this year, which was denied on Tuesday. Ho is linked to the Hunter Biden corruption scandals.

 

Three judges of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday upheld Ho’s bribery conviction, according to Fox News.

 

According to prosecutors, Ho was accused of offering bribes on behalf of CEFC China Energy, a major Chinese energy conglomerate, to Ugandan and Chadian officials for oil extraction rights.

 

Ho’s defense claims that the evidence is insufficient, yet the judges ruled that the evidence presented at the trial was “more than sufficient” to show that Ho acted on behalf of a U.S. nongovernmental organization to “help it obtain business for CEFC Energy.”

 

Ho was sentenced last year to 36 months in prison and fined $400,000.

 

https://thebl.com/us-news/us-confirms-conviction-of-chinese-official-linked-to-hunter-biden-for-bribery.html