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Head of International NGO Convicted of Bribery, Money Laundering Crimes
On Dec. 5, 2018, Chi Ping Patrick Ho, aka Patrick C.P. Ho, the 69 year old former head of the China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC NGO), a Chinese nongovernmental organization based in Hong Kong and Arlington, Virginia, was convicted by a federal jury in New York City in connection with alleged bribes offered to officials in Chad and Uganda. The jury found Ho guilty of one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), four counts of violating the FCPA, one count of conspiring to commit international money laundering and one count of committing international money laundering.
At the week-long trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence that Ho participated in separate schemes to bribe officials in Chad and Uganda in order to advantage CEFC China Energy, a multi-billion dollar Chinese energy conglomerate that backed his CEFC NGO. Ho's NGO, which held “Special Consultative Status” with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, allegedly offered bribes of $2 million and $1 million to officials in Chad and Uganda, respectively.
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