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May 24, 2021 · According to the indictment, Bechir and Takane demanded the bribe from the Canadian start-up energy company in exchange for a promise to misuse their official positions and their influence with the government of Chad to assist the start-up energy company in obtaining oil rights in Chad.
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Jun 30, 2015 · In 2013, Griffiths Energy pleaded guilty in Canadian court to bribing Bechir. The $34 million that the United States seeks in forfeiture represents the cash value of the four million shares in Griffiths Energy that were provided to the wives of Bechir and Takane and to their associate.
May 24, 2021 · Mahamoud Adam Bechir, the former ambassador, and Youssouf Hamid Takane, the former deputy chief of mission, were indicted by a federal grand jury, the department said in a statement.
Jun 7, 2021 · As alleged in the indictment, between 2009 and 2014, Messrs. Bechir and Takane, while serving as diplomats in Washington, D.C., demanded a bribe from Griffiths Energy in exchange for their influence with Chad’s government to secure oil rights in Chad.
May 25, 2021 · The US Department of Justice has published a press release stating that charges against former Chadian diplomats to the US charged in connection with international bribery and money laundering scheme have been unsealed. It highlighted that Mahamoud Adam Bechir and Youssouf Hamid Takane have solicitated and received a $US 2m bribe from a ...
May 25, 2021 · A decade-old corruption case involving a Canadian junior oil company that bribed officials in Chad to try to gain access to oil plays in the north-central African nation is making news again.
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5 days ago · Aside from Bechir, who is currently Chad's ambassador to Russia, the indictment targets his wife Nouracham Bechir Niam and Youssouf Takane, who was deputy head of mission at the Chadian embassy in Washington from 2007 until 2012. The document, dated 3 May 2018, had been under seal.
