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  1. March 06, 2025

    Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Avoids Prison In 'Tuna Bond' Fraud

    A Brooklyn federal judge spared a former Credit Suisse banker from prison time Thursday, after he pled guilty and became a testifying government cooperator over a plot to defraud investors in a $2 billion state-backed development initiative in Mozambique.

  2. January 17, 2025

    Ex-Mozambique Finance Head Gets 8½ Years In $2B Bond Rap

    A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced Mozambique's former finance minister to 8½ years in prison Friday for facilitating a corrupt $2 billion loans-for-bribes deal, ordering him to forfeit $7 million and imposing time beyond the six years the defendant has been incarcerated.

  3. August 09, 2024

    Ex-Mozambique Finance Minister Convicted For $2B Scheme

    Mozambique's former finance minister was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges in connection with his role in the $2 billion "tuna bonds" scandal, prosecutors announced.

  4. July 16, 2024

    Ex-Mozambique Official Accused Of $2B Fraud As Trial Opens

    Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that Mozambique's former finance minister took $7 million in bribes in a "corrupt" plot to enrich himself and defraud investors after $2 billion in state-backed development projects flopped.

  5. March 27, 2024

    Evidence On Ex-Mozambique Official Stays In $2B Fraud Suit

    A former Mozambique finance minister can't keep evidence from his phone out of a case alleging his involvement in a $2 billion scheme to siphon government-backed project funds from that country after a federal judge in Brooklyn on Wednesday backed the phone's seizure and search.

  6. December 22, 2023

    Ex-Mozambique Finance Minister Can't Duck Tuna Bond Case

    A New York federal judge denied a bid by a former finance minister of Mozambique to toss charges that he participated in the alleged $2 billion "tuna bond" bribery and investor fraud scheme, rejecting the minister's contention that the U.S. government was responsible for the 4½-year delay between his arrest in South Africa and extradition to New York.

  7. August 18, 2023

    Ex-Mozambique Official Says Delay Should End $2B Fraud Case

    A former finance minister of Mozambique who has been jailed for nearly five years without trial on charges stemming from the alleged $2 billion "tuna bonds" bribery and investor fraud scandal asked a New York federal court on Friday to dismiss his indictment, saying prosecutors had violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

  8. July 13, 2023

    Ex-Mozambique Official Denies $2B 'Tuna Bond' Charges

    Mozambique's former finance minister pled not guilty Thursday to taking bribes in exchange for signing the country's $2 billion toxic "tuna bonds," during his first appearance in Brooklyn federal court since being extradited on the long-dormant charges.

  9. July 12, 2023

    Ex-Mozambique Official Extradited In $2B 'Tuna Bond' Fraud

    Mozambique's former finance minister has been extradited from South Africa to New York on long-dormant federal charges over his alleged role in the country's $2 billion "tuna bonds" scandal, according to Wednesday court records.

  10. June 26, 2023

    Ex-Mozambique Official Nears Extradition For $2B Fraud Case

    A former Mozambican government minister is expected to soon face fraud and money laundering charges, a New York federal prosecutor said Monday, in the long-dormant "tuna bonds" case arising out of alleged bribery and investor fraud that marred $2 billion in Mozambican government-backed debt transactions.

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