May 16, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Chinese-born businessman to 3½ years in prison Tuesday for bribing political officials in the Marshall Islands in an attempt to gain control over a Pacific Ocean atoll and turn it into a semi-autonomous business zone.
December 01, 2022
A Chinese entrepreneur and his assistant copped Thursday in Manhattan federal court to bribing political officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands after prosecutors said they planned to turn a faraway Marshallese atoll into a semi-autonomous business zone.
September 06, 2022
A Chinese entrepreneur and his assistant denied bribing officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to obtain control over a Marshallese atoll at a Tuesday arraignment where a Manhattan federal judge was told they are in plea discussions.
September 02, 2022
A Chinese entrepreneur and his assistant were charged Friday in New York with bribing officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to wrest control over a Marshallese atoll and turn it into a semi-autonomous business zone under their control.