The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday obtained final judgment against a former Goldman Sachs executive charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by orchestrating a bribery scheme to help a client win a power plant contract in the Republic of Ghana.

Asante Berko will disgorge $275,000 in ill-gotten gains, plus approximately $54,000 in prejudgment interest. He neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s findings.

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