March 17, 2021
A jailed Chinese real estate developer's compassionate release over COVID-19 concerns will go ahead after a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday rejected a last minute objection from prosecutors, who cited the defendant's initial refusal to be vaccinated last month.
March 16, 2021
A Chinese billionaire real estate developer serving time for allegedly bribing United Nations officials got a New York federal judge to agree Monday to cut his sentence short due to rising COVID-19 rates at his prison and his plans to leave the U.S., after the same judge previously denied early release.
March 05, 2021
The former finance director of a Manhattan-based economic development organization on Friday avoided any prison time for her role in a scheme to facilitate bribe payments to the president of the United Nations General Assembly.
May 08, 2020
A 71-year-old Chinese real estate developer with heart disease and diabetes will have to stay behind bars while serving time for a bribery conviction after a New York federal judge on Friday ruled against his coronavirus-based release bid.
April 13, 2020
A 71-year-old Chinese real estate developer with heart disease and diabetes should not be released in the middle of his four-year bribery sentence simply because he is afraid of contracting the coronavirus, prosecutors told a New York federal court.
April 09, 2020
Chinese real estate developer Ng Lap Seng has asked a federal judge to grant him compassionate release from prison, saying his age and health conditions put him at a high risk of death if he is infected with the novel coronavirus.
November 08, 2019
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former United Nations diplomat on Friday to time served and community service after he pled guilty to a bribery scheme involving top officials and millions of dollars, citing his early cooperation with prosecutors.
September 11, 2018
The U.S. government returned $17.2 million to imprisoned billionaire Ng Lap Seng on Tuesday, cutting a check for most of the $20 million the Chinese real estate magnate pledged in 2015 as part of a massive bail package in the run-up to his bribery conviction.
June 27, 2018
The Second Circuit on Wednesday denied a Chinese billionaire's bid to stay out of prison as he appeals his conviction for bribing United Nations ambassadors to get support for a conference center project in Macau, saying he hadn't shown he wasn't a flight risk.
June 26, 2018
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a convicted Chinese real estate billionaire's argument that he should stay out of prison while the court hears his case, offering to expedite the appeal if it decides to deny bail.