Joo Hyun Bahn, real-estate broker and nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pleaded guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges relating to his role in a scheme attempting to bribe a Qatari official to secure a real estate deal for South Korean construction company Keangnam Enterprises Co. Ltd. Mr. Bahn pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-2) and one count of violating the FCPA (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-2). Mr. Bahn was charged in December 2016, along with his father, Ban Ki Sang and Malcolm Harris. The case is U.S. v. Bahn, No. 16-cr-00831 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 15, 2016).
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