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California businessman to face foreign bribery charge at US investment fraud trial

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( March 11, 2026, 19:42 GMT | Comment) -- A jury in Los Angeles could decide this summer whether a chartered helicopter ride to a Lakers basketball game for a Senegalese government official, paid for with allegedly stolen investor funds as part of a bid to obtain a valuable land grant, constitutes a bribe under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday but was adjourned at the last minute after the defendant, who allegedly claimed at times to be among the richest men in Africa, had reasserted his right to counsel and a lawyer was appointed to represent him.A jury in Los Angeles could decide this summer whether a chartered helicopter ride to a Lakers basketball game for a Senegalese government official, paid for with allegedly stolen investor funds as part of a bid to obtain a valuable land grant, constitutes a bribe under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act....

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