July 27, 2017
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday convicted Chinese real estate moneyman Ng Lap Seng of bribing two former United Nations diplomats, finding he engaged in a massive illegal effort to grease the wheels for a luxe expo center in Macau.
July 26, 2017
The fate of Ng Lap Seng, the Chinese real estate moneyman accused of bribing United Nations diplomats, went to a Manhattan jury Wednesday after an unusual juror-for-alternate swap that U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick called a first in his book.
July 25, 2017
Real estate boss Ng Lap Seng greased the palms of two U.N. diplomats so he could supercharge his already high-flying life into one of "unbelievable fortune and fame" atop a luxe east Asian hub for diplomacy and commerce, prosecutors told Manhattan jurors Tuesday to close a lengthy bribery trial.
July 21, 2017
A billionaire Chinese real estate boss accused of bribing United Nations officials pumped millions of dollars into his New York news outfit, using it to make fat payments to hangers-on including the wife of late General Assembly President John Ashe, an accountant testified on Friday.
July 11, 2017
A defense attorney for a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials laced into a government cooperator during cross-examination on Tuesday, interrogating ex-Ambassador Francis Lorenzo about using his sister and a longtime girlfriend to dodge taxes.
July 10, 2017
Defense counsel for a Chinese billionaire accused of bribing United Nations diplomats objected to a prosecutor's questions for a former ambassador on Monday as the star witness disclosed an affair with the defendant's ex-business partner.
July 06, 2017
A former United Nations diplomat testified in Manhattan federal court Thursday that he augmented his roughly $72,000 official salary by taking bribes from Ng Lap Seng, a billionaire developer who dreamed of turning his Macau homeland into a hub for diplomacy and commerce via a gleaming new convention center.
June 30, 2017
Prosecutors sought on Friday to block a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials from painting the alleged scheme as a bid to fight climate change and other problems that affect developing countries, expressing concern the trial would veer off course.
June 29, 2017
Attorneys for a Chinese billionaire accused of bribing United Nations officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act portrayed him as a philanthropist taken advantage of by deceitful associates in their opening arguments at Manhattan federal court Thursday.
June 28, 2017
A third day of jury selection in the trial of a Chinese businessman accused of bribing United Nations officials ended without a panel Wednesday as a Manhattan federal judge struggled to find people who would be able to serve for up to six weeks.