US PROSECUTERS SECURE FIRST CONVICTION FOR UN CORRUPTION
January 1st, 2016
US prosecutors have secured their first conviction in a case involving widespread corruption at the United Nations. Last Thursday (January 14), Heidi Hong Piao, a Chinese-American national pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy, money laundering, bribery and failure to disclose foreign bank accounts to tax authorities. The key charge involves bribes Piao paid to former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, of Antigua & Barbuda. Piao confirmed to US District Judge Vernon Broderick: “The monetary payments were made with the intent of ...
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