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Reason0282026

Institution

US Attorney's Office, Central District of California

US federal prosecutorial office. Prosecuted Paulinus Okoronkwo (NNPC) and Gilbert Chagoury (Lebanese-Nigerian intermediary) in separate cases. AUSAs in the Okoronkwo case: Alexander B. Schwab, Nisha Chandran, Alexander Su.

Sources

SOURCE-01DOJ USAO-CDCA (2026)
DOJ USAO-CDCA, 2026www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/suspended-los-angeles-lawyer-sentenced-more-7-years-federal-prison-receiving-21
SOURCE-02OpenSecrets (2021)
OpenSecrets, 2021www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/04/straw-donor-scheme-foreign-billionaire/

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