Chinese Billionaire Developer Convicted in UN Bribery Case
- Jury in New York finds Ng Lap Seng guilty of all charges
- U.S. claimed Ng sought approval to build project in Macau
Ng Lap Seng leaves Federal court in Manhattan, on July 27.
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A Chinese developer was convicted of charges he paid bribes to win backing for a United Nations conference center that he hoped to build in Macau.
A jury in Manhattan on Thursday found the developer, billionaire Ng Lap Seng, guilty of all six charges he faced, including conspiracy, bribery and money laundering, in the biggest UN corruption scandal since the oil-for-food program in the early 2000s. Prosecutors claimed Ng funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former UN General Assembly President John Ashe and other officials.