Ex-banker convicted in US for bribing Ghanaian officials

A U.S.-Ghanaian citizen, Asante Kwako Berko, was convicted on Thursday for bribing Ghanaian officials in connection with the development and financing of a power plant in Ghana.
A federal jury, which reviewed court documents and evidence presented at trial, found Berko guilty of conspiring to pay more than $1 million in bribes to multiple individuals.
In December 2014, while working as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, Berko managed a deal between Aksa Enerji and the Ghanaian government.
He was discovered to have connived with others to pay intermediaries in the West African nation to ensure that the Turkish energy company won its bid to buil...