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California lawyer convicted in US of taking bribe in role as a Nigerian official

( August 28, 2025, 22:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary:  A Los Angeles-area lawyer was found guilty of 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 Iheanacho Okoronkwo, of Valencia, California, who practiced immigration, family, and personal injury law out of an office in Koreatown, was convicted of three counts of transactional money laundering, one count of tax evasion, and one count of obstruction of justice.Statement follows below:...

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