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March 11, 2020
2nd Circ. Poised To Interpret FCPA In Hong Kong Doc's Case
Counsel for a Hong Kong-based ophthalmologist argued Wednesday that he was charged with violating two mutually exclusive provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, setting up the Second Circuit to hand down another ruling on the seldom-parsed anti-bribery law.
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March 25, 2019
Doctor Convicted Of Bribing African Officials Gets 3 Years
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday sentenced Hong Kong-based ophthalmologist and nonprofit boss Chi Ping Patrick Ho to three years in prison for offering $2.5 million in bribes to African officials, calling his crimes serious but crediting his "extraordinary" charitable work.
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March 19, 2019
Feds Want Hong Kong Doc To Get At Least 5 Years For Bribes
Prosecutors want a sentence of at least five years and a fine of more than $400,000 for a Hong Kong-based nonprofit boss and ophthalmologist who bribed Chadian and Ugandan officials on behalf of conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co. Ltd., they told a Manhattan federal judge on Monday.
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December 05, 2018
NY Jury Convicts Hong Kong Doc Of Bribing African Officials
A Manhattan federal jury quickly convicted Hong Kong-based nonprofit boss Chi Ping Patrick Ho Wednesday of bribing officials in Chad and Uganda to assist Shanghai-based conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co. Ltd. in its efforts to win Africa energy- and banking-sector deals.
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December 04, 2018
NY Jury To Weigh Bribery Charges Against Hong Kong Doc
A Manhattan jury was on track Tuesday to begin deliberating bribery and money laundering charges against a Hong Kong doctor accused of boxing up $2 million in cash for the president of Chad to facilitate an oilfield investment on behalf of a Chinese energy giant.
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November 26, 2018
Chinese Nonprofit Boss Bribed African Officials, Jury Hears
Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Monday that the head of a nonprofit bankrolled by a Chinese energy company tried to bribe three African officials in a bid to secure business for his funders, while the defense told them the money was no different from the donations made by corporate-backed charities every day.
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November 14, 2018
Ex-UN Boss Bribe Plans Are Fair Game In FCPA Trial
A New York federal judge on Wednesday said the government may introduce evidence in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial of the head of a Chinese nongovernmental organization that he planned to bribe the same United Nations official at the center of Chinese real estate billionaire Ng Lap Seng's bribery case.
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November 05, 2018
Chinese NGO Head Can't Suppress FISA Evidence At Trial
A New York federal judge has refused to suppress evidence collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in the trial of the head of a Chinese nongovernmental organization who is accused of bribery, finding that the U.S. government's electronic surveillance information was gathered legally.
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October 04, 2018
Hong Kong Doc Denied Bail As Flight Risk In Bribery Case
A New York federal judge denied bail once again on Thursday to a doctor from Hong Kong accused of bribing African officials for favors in the energy and banking industries, saying he's a flight risk and there are no conditions the court could set to guarantee his presence at trial.
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July 19, 2018
Carpenter Can't Save NGO Boss From FCPA Case
A New York federal judge on Thursday rebuffed a bid by the head of a Chinese nongovernmental organization to parlay the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Carpenter ruling into the suppression of evidence in his Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case, and further refused to dismiss the criminal action in its entirety.