Ex-Hong Kong Official Who Worked for Chinese Energy Company Convicted of Bribery

Ex-Hong Kong Official Who Worked for Chinese Energy Company Convicted of Bribery
Patrick Ho was found guilty on Dec. 5 for bribing officials of two African countries for Chinese energy company CEFC China Energy. (Sunrest/CC-by/Wikimedia Commons
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A former Hong Kong official has been convicted by a federal jury in New York for bribing the presidents of Chad and Uganda to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy conglomerate.

The jury, who took less than three hours to reach a verdict on Dec. 5, found Chi Ping Patrick Ho guilty of seven of eight counts of conspiracy, money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.