Goldman Sachs banker convicted of money laundering for a Nigerian official
Ellias Nimoh Preko has been ordered to pay £7.3m or face a 10-year jail sentence for laundering millions of dollars
06 September 2019 - 14:57
London — A former Goldman Sachs Group investment banker convicted of laundering money for a Nigerian official has been ordered to pay £7.3m within three months or face a 10-year jail sentence.
A court in London made a confiscation order on Monday against Ellias Nimoh Preko for laundering millions of dollars for James Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria’s Delta state, the UK’s national crime agency (NCA) said in a statement on Friday...
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