Chinese Billionaire Developer Gets Four Years in Prison for UN Bribery

U.S. claimed Ng paid officials to approve project in Macau
Case was biggest UN corruption scandal since oil-for-food

Ng Lap Seng exits from federal court in New York on Friday, May 11, 2018. — Ng Lap Seng exits from federal court in New York on Friday, May 11, 2018.
Photographer: Louis Lanzano/Bloomberg

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By Bob Van Voris

May 11, 2018 at 5:30 PM UTC

Updated on

May 11, 2018 at 7:46 PM UTC

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A Chinese developer convicted of paying bribes to win backing for his plans to build a United Nations conference center in Macau was sentenced to four years in prison.

Billionaire Ng Lap Seng, 69, was convicted in July of 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.