August 05, 2026
A federal prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors in Brooklyn that emails and recordings back up allegations a former Goldman Sachs banker was the central player behind a plot to secure a lucrative energy contract by bribing Ghanaian government officials, while the defense argued that a dearth of evidence about illicit payments should doom the case.
August 04, 2026
A federal jury in Brooklyn Tuesday saw a clandestinely recorded video of a former Goldman Sachs banker talking to an acquaintance about what prosecutors say were bribes paid to government officials in Ghana to greenlight a power plant deal, as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial enters the home stretch.
August 01, 2026
Jurors weighing the fate of an ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused of coordinating a plan to bribe a client's way to a lucrative energy deal Friday saw a slew of payoff banter in his emails that prosecutors say show a pipeline of dirty money flowing from Turkey to a wide variety of government officials and agencies in Ghana.
July 29, 2026
A Goldman Sachs banker told a New York federal jury how Goldman bailed on backing what prosecutors say was a corrupt deal for a Turkish energy company to bribe Ghanaian officials for a power plant contract, a scenario Goldman uses in compliance training as an example of what to avoid.
July 28, 2026
The government's foreign bribery case accusing a former Goldman Sachs banker of paying off Ghanaian officials to secure a lucrative energy deal is a lot like Milli Vanilli, his lawyer told a New York jury Tuesday, arguing that much like lipsynced songs of the fake late-1980s-era pop duo, prosecutors' version of events is not what it appears to be.
January 12, 2026
A Brooklyn federal judge Monday teed up a midsummer trial for a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing Ghanaian officials to secure a power plant deal.
December 17, 2025
A New York federal judge on Wednesday shot down a former Goldman Sachs banker's bid to escape charges over a purported scheme to bribe Ghanaian officials to greenlight a power plant deal, rejecting defense claims of improper sealing and speedy trial violations.
July 16, 2024
A former Goldman Sachs banker pled not guilty Tuesday before a Brooklyn federal magistrate judge to charges that he bribed Ghanaian officials, after losing an extradition battle in British courts.