Jury convicts ex-Hong Kong official of FCPA offenses, money laundering

Jury convicts ex-Hong Kong official of FCPA offenses, money laundering

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 2:38PM

Hong Kong’s former home secretary was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday for bribing African officials on behalf of a Chinese energy company.

Patrick Ho, 69, was found guilty after a one-week trial in the Southern District of New York.

The jury deliberated just one day. It convicted Ho on seven counts — one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, four counts of violating the FCPA,

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