| UN Briber Heidi Hong Piao
Gets $25K For Dental Work In SDNY Soft on UN
Guterres
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 18– Francis Lorenzo used
his position as UN Ambassador
for the Dominican Republic to
take and pay bribes for a
Macau "UN South South
Development Conference Center
proposed by now incarcerated
Ng Lap Seng.
Lorenzo was given a sentence
of time served, which was
twenty days in detention, by
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Vernon S. Broderick.
It was what the US Attorney's
Office essentially
recommended, calling Lorenzo a
model cooperating witness.
This despite acknowledging
that Lorenzo had to "re-plead"
guilty when it emerged he had
not disclosed his receipt of
bribes. Assistant
US Attorney Douglas S. Zolkind
at sentencing praised Lorenzo
for example for always
appearing in a three-piece
suit.
It emerged
that this same prosecution
team asked for yet another six
months delay in sentencing
another briber in the case,
Heidi Hong Piao. The
prosecutors "request that the
control date for the
sentencing of the defendant,
presently scheduled for
October 25, 2019, be adjourned
for six
months.
Respectfully submitted, By: s/
Daniel C. Richenthal Daniel C.
Richenthal Janis M. Echenberg
Douglas S. Zolkind."
Untransparent, like the
office's refusal to release
their exhibits or even timely
docket and unseal documents in
the crypto currency
fraud case of OneCoin
even as yet another fraudulent
coin is sold with UN images.
Now this,
in August 2020: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT granting [963]
LETTER MOTION request a
modification to Ms. Piaos bail
conditions. We now request a
further modification to the
bail conditions: the release
of $25,000 of the remaining
$128,000 cash currently
securing the $1,000,000
personal recognizance bond.
This will result in the
personal recognizance bond
being secured by $103,000
cash, which will remain
co-signed by the same three
financially responsible
persons. The basis for the
request is that Ms. Piao is in
immediate need of dental care,
which is not covered by
insurance, and she is unable
to afford the cost at this
time. Please note that this
Court previously issued an
order directing the Courts
Finance Office to permanently
change the name of depositor
on record from Grace Park to
Grace Piao. (Dkt. Entry No.
942). The check shall be made
payable to Grace Piao...
ENDORSEMENT .. Application
Granted. SO ORDERED. (Signed
by Judge Vernon S. Broderick
on 8/17/2020)."
Update: Oh and
there's this: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT [964] LETTER
MOTION Reschedule Sentencing
as to Heidi Hong Piao...
ENDORSEMENT... Application
Granted. Sentencing in this
matter is hereby scheduled for
December 4, 2020 at 11am.
(Signed by Judge Vernon S.
Broderick on 8/17/2020)."
On November 9 Judge Broderick
before giving Francis Lorenzo
the time served sentence said
there was a need for general
deterence. But neither he nor
Zolkind even mentioned an
after arising UN bribery case,
for which Patrick Ho of CEFC
China Energy was convicted by
SDNY Judge Loretta A.
Preska.
Judge Broderick
did impose two years of
supervised release, and 250
hours of community service.
Afterward Inner City Press
sought to ask Lorenzo a
question but was told by his
lawyerBrian H. Bieber that
Lorenzo would not answer
questions.
So Inner City Press asked
Bieber how Lorenzo would do
his community service and when
Lorenzo last saw and
communicated with Carlos
Garcia, the former El Salvador
ambassador shown in the trial
before Judge Broderick to have
helped launder money for
Lorenzo.
Bieber
said he would ask Lorenzo, and
perhaps get back to Inner City
Press, which has reported and
will continue to report on
these cases. This case is US
v. Lorenzo, 15-cr-706
(Broderick).
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