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Second Circuit Affirms FCPA Conviction of Ng Lap Seng and Rejects Application of Supreme Court’s McDonnell Decision to FCPA

Second Circuit Affirms FCPA Conviction of Ng Lap Seng and Rejects Application of Supreme Court’s McDonnell Decision to FCPA

In an interesting decision, well worth a read here, on August 9, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected Ng Lap Seng’s appeal of his 2017 conviction for bribery of united Nationals officials.  In affirming the conviction, the Second Circuit ruled that the Supreme Court’s holding in McDonnell (see blog post here), in which the Court ruled that under 18 USC...