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Mozambique ex-minister Chang seeks acquittal from tunabond conviction, or a new trial as an alternative
8:54 CAT | 19 Sep 2024
FILE - Brooklyn District Court in New York. [File photo: Brooklyn | Eastern District of New York | United States District Court]
Manuel Chang, the Mozambican ex-finance minister that a US federal jury convicted in New York last month for his role in a $2 billion debt scandal, is seeking acquittal or a new trial as an alternative, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.
US prosecutors didn’t prove “actionable fraud” that would support his federal-wire-fraud conspiracy conviction, according to a motion his lawyers filed Friday. Prosecutors also failed to show sufficient evidence of a conspiracy to either conceal or promote funds that would support Chang’s money laundering charge, his legal team said in the filing.
Alternatively, the court should grant Chang a new trial, his attorneys including Adam Ford wrote. That would extend his already years-long legal battle since South African authorities arrested him in 2018.
Source: Bloomberg
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