Ex-Goldman Sachs exec Asante Berko settles FCPA case
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-06-24T20:54:00
The SEC obtained final judgment against a former Goldman Sachs executive charged with violating the FCPA by orchestrating a bribery scheme to help a client win a power plant contract in the Republic of Ghana.
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