Posted on 10/06/2015 1:20:06 PM PDT by lowbridge
The former United Nations General Assembly president accepted over $1 million in bribes from Chinese execs that scored him a pricey private basketball court at his Westchester home, authorities charged Tuesday.
John Ashe, the former ambassador for Antigua and ceremonial head of the General Assembly accepted at least $500,000 from billionaire Macau developer Ng Lap Seng and $800,000 from Chinese executives in the tech and media industry, according to a criminal complaint.
In addition to the $30,000 basketball court at his Dobbs Ferry home, Ashe spent the dirty money on $50,000 in Rolex watches, and $59,000 in tailored suits , Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. Ashe also spent $40,000 on a leased BMW.
"If proven, today's charges will confirm that the cancer of corruption that plagues too many local and state governments infects the United Nations as well,” Bharara said.
In return for Ng’s cash Ashe, 61, advocated for a proposed multibillion-dollar U.N.-sponsored conference center in Macau, authorities charged.
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Ng, 68, and Yin, 29, were arrested last month on charges that the developer smuggled $4.5 million into the U.S. since 2013.
Ng's name has previously surfaced in U.S. investigations into how foreign money might have been funneled into the Democratic National Committee prior to the 1996 elections that ended in the election of Bill Clinton.
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No surprise here. UN is a criminal org anyway.
Time to turn the UN Building into Trump Tower East River.
The UN is corrupt?! The HELL you say!
Just the tip of the iceberg.
Just the tip of the iceberg.
Small potatoes when compared to Hilabeast and the Clitonista Foundation
Yo, Johnny, you got played for chump change.
It’s good to be an Ambassador to the King.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/john-ashe-conveniently-dies-federal-trial-begins/#JyKlXFzsQ2dHX5pH.99
(And a 'private ride' on elevator; where no doubt; they chatted about. . .the 'Grandchildren'. Certainty allowed here; per Hillary having NO emails of 'Ashe contacts'.)
Regarding this; and all Obama,Inc./Hillary Investigations; how many more nights, per our 'Leadership', 'Whistling Past the Graveyard', can America survive?
/Elections matter. . ./
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