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Former Mining Company Management Group Consultant Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Financial Crimes DOJ Bribery

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On May 31, the son of a former Prime Minister of Gabon, a former consultant to a joint venture between a mining company management group and an entity incorporated in the Turks and Caicos, was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to violate the FCPA by bribing government officials in several African countries. 

As previously reported here, the former consultant previously pleaded guilty to allegations related to payments of approximately $3 million to high-level government officials in Niger, in addition to providing luxury cars, in order to obtain uranium mining concessions. Similarly, the DOJ charged him with bribing a high-ranking government official in Chad with luxury foreign travel to obtain a uranium mining concession there, and with bribing government officials in Guinea with cash, the use of private jets, and a luxury car in order to obtain confidential government information. Prior Scorecard coverage regarding the mining company management group is here.