Son of former Gabonese prime minister guilty of bribery gets two years
The son of a late former prime minister of the West African country Gabon was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for bribing African government officials to obtain rights to mining concessions.
Samuel Mebiame, 43, violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by engaging in a foreign bribery scheme, working as a “fixer” for a joint venture owned by the U.S. hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC and its partner Turks and Caicos Islands Inc. to bribe African officials in exchange for business opportunities, including a mining contracts.
“I am very very sorry for what I did,” Mebiame said in Brooklyn federal court.