Och-Ziff Fixer's Business Had Corruption at 'Core,' U.S. Says
- Gabonese man pleaded guilty to acting as fund’s Africa fixer
- Mebiame admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes
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A Gabonese man who admitted earning $7 million while helping a unit of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group secure mining rights in Africa deserves at least five years behind bars, prosecutors said.
Samuel Mebiame, the son of the former Prime Minister of Gabon, bribed government officials in Africa for lucrative rights to untapped resources on behalf of a joint venture that Och-Ziff helped create, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, said. Mebiame, who led a luxurious lifestyle that included driving a Bentley and traveling the world, is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis on May 5.