US EditionSuspended Southern California Lawyer Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Bribery
Okoronkwo was convicted of laundering and evading taxes on a $2.1 million bribe from Addax Petroleum to secure drilling rights from Nigeria’s state oil company.
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Suspended Southern California lawyer sentenced to over 7 years in prison for bribery
A lawyer who practiced in Los Angeles was sentenced on Monday, Feb. 23 to over seven years in prison for receiving a $2.1 million bribe while serving as an officer of Nigeria’s state-owned oil company in connection with negotiating favorable drilling rights for a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned oil company, federal prosecutors announced. Paulinus “Pollie” Iheanacho Okoronkwo, 58, of Rancho Cucamonga, was also ordered to pay $923,824 in resti…
LA lawyer sentenced to federal prison for taking $2.1M bribe
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A Los Angeles-area lawyer was sentenced today to seven years, three months in federal prison for receiving a $2.1 million bribe while serving as an officer of Nigeria's state-owned oil company in connection with negotiating favorable drilling rights for a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned oil company. Paulinus Okoronkwo, 58, also known as ``Pollie,'' was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John F. Walter, who ordered him to p…
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Suspended Los Angeles Lawyer Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving $2.1 Million Bribe Payment from Oil Company LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area lawyer was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for receiving a $2.1 million bribe while serving as an officer of Nigeria’s state-owned oil company in connection with Suspended Los Angeles Lawyer Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving $2.1 Million Bribe Pa…
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