U.S. DOJ secures conviction of former investment banker for bribery scheme involving more than $1M in payments to Ghanaian officials to facilitate a multimillion-dollar power plant project

Former investment banker Asante Kwako Berko was convicted of conspiring to bribe officials at multiple levels of the Ghanaian government in connection with the development and financing of a power plant expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Prosecutors said the payments were intended to help a Turkish energy company win and progress the project, including discussions about a $1 million payment to Ghana’s then Minister of Power…