The Digest:
A United States district court has sentenced Paulinus Okoronkwo, a former senior executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to 87 months in federal prison over a $2.1 million bribery scheme linked to Chinese oil company Sinopec. Okoronkwo, who served as...
The Digest:
Paulinus Okoronkwo, a senior official at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), has been ordered to forfeit a $2.5 million luxury mansion in Los Angeles to the United States government following his conviction on money laundering charges. The ruling by Judge John Walter of...
The Digest:
Paulinus Okoronkwo, a former NNPC general manager, has been found guilty in a U.S. court of accepting a $2.1 million bribe from Chinese-owned Addax Petroleum to influence oil drilling contracts in Nigeria. The case exposes transnational corruption networks and the misuse of public...