Former Head of Organization Backed by Chinese Energy Conglomerate Convicted of International Bribery, Money Laundering Offenses
Schemed to Bribe the President of Chad, President and Foreign Minister of Uganda
A federal jury in New York City today convicted the head of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Hong Kong and Virginia on seven counts for his participation in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe top officials of Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for a Chinese oil and gas company, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York.
Chi Ping Patrick Ho, aka “Patrick C.P. Ho,” aka “He Zhiping,” 69, of Hong Kong, China, was found guilty today after a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska in the Southern District of New York of one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), four counts of violating the FCPA, one count of conspiring to commit international money laundering and one count of committing international money laundering. Ho is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Preska on March 14, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-head-organization-backed-chinese-energy-conglomerate-convicted-international-bribery
the fight to allow the DOJ's own IG to have access to the entire DOJ system began in 2014 when Congress passed the "Digital Accountability & Transparency Act".
It was passed by Congress in 2014, but of course Lorretta Lynch as AG until Jan. 2017 and Barack Obama was still President.
So nothing really got done implementing these new transparency laws until a new administration came into power in late Jan. 2017.
John P. Carlin: the guy who was running the NSD while SpyGate went. Who almost IMMEDIATELY resigned from the FBI when Trump won instead of Hillary Clinton
https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/a1709.pdf
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