Tagged: Asante Berko

SEC Charges Ex-Goldman Investment Banker for FCPA Bribes in Ghana Power Project

SEC Charges Ex-Goldman Investment Banker for FCPA Bribes in Ghana Power Project

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed charges against Asante Berko, a former Goldman Sachs executive with bribery of foreign government officials in Ghana.  Goldman Sachs discovered and stopped the scheme and then reported it to the government.  Goldman Sachs was not charged with the conduct and cooperated with the investigation. The SEC’s complaint charged Berko with assisting a client, a Turkish energy...