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BREAKING NEWS: US Court Convicts Ex-NNPC Official Over $2.1 Million Bribery Scandal
A United States District Court has found a Nigerian lawyer based in Los Angeles, Paulinus Okoronkwo, guilty of receiving a $2.1 million bribe from a Chinese oil company to influence drilling rights in Nigeria.. .Read ..Full.. Article.. .
Okoronkwo, 58, popularly known as “Pollie,” was convicted on three counts of money laundering, one count of tax evasion, and one count of obstruction of justice. The verdict was delivered on August 29 after a four-day trial in California.
Prosecutors told the court that in October 2015, while serving as General Manager of the upstream division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC, now NNPC Ltd.), Okoronkwo collected the bribe from Addax Petroleum, a Swiss subsidiary of Chinese state-owned, and.. Read . .More —
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