NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. citizen on Wednesday became the second person to plead guilty in connection with a bribery scandal at the United Nations, tearfully admitting that she bribed a former president of the U.N. General Assembly to gain his support for business ventures.
Sheri Yan, 60, entered the plea to a bribery charge in Manhattan federal court in a deal with prosecutors that recommended she be sentenced to between roughly six and seven years in prison. The charge carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison. Her lawyers said she was not cooperating. Judge Vernon Broderick set sentencing for April 29.
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| Judge Vernon Broderick |
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| AUSA Mukhi speaking to Judge Broderick |
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| Yan, speaking through a Mandarin interpreter, wiped away tears several times during the plea hearing as she admitted that she agreed with others to pay bribes to John Ashe so he could use his position as president of the U.N. General Assembly and as an ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda to promote business ventures from which Yan and others could profit. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3409183/2nd-defendant-US-citizen-pleads-guilty-UN-bribery-case.html#ixzz3xu0BmndP Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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