Lionel Krieger

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Charge:	Bribery (including public corruption)
Sentence:	3 years & 3 months
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Hong Kong
County or Region of Crime:	Hong Kong
City of Crime:	Hong Kong
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Lionel Krieger and James Tam Ping-cheong were codefendants wrongly convicted in Hong Kong in February 2012 of offering bribes between January 2002 and December 2006 to Ao Man-long in return for three contracts with the Macau government. Both Krieger and Ping-cheong were sentenced 3 years and 3 months. On December 18, 2013 Hong Kong's Court of Appeals quashed Krieger and Ping-cheong's convictions on the basis the alleged crimes didn't occur in Hong Kong so the court's had no jurisdiction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 18, 2013 Hong Kong's Court of Appeals quashed Krieger and Ping-cheong's convictions on the basis the alleged crimes didn't occur in Hong Kong so the court's had no jurisdiction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	63
Age When Released:	64
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Pair cleared of conspiring to bribe notorious official, By Julie Chu (staff), South China Morning Post, December 19, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1385330/pair-cleared-conspiring-bribe-notorious-official
Information Source 2:	"HK court clears accused in Ao Man Long conspiracy, Staff, MacauBusiness.com, December 19, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.macaubusiness.com/news/hk-court-clears-accused-in-ao-man-long-conspiracy.html
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Lionel Krieger

Charge:

Bribery (including public corruption)

Sentence:

3 years & 3 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Hong Kong

County or Region of Crime:

Hong Kong

City of Crime:

Hong Kong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 18, 2013 Hong Kong's Court of Appeals quashed Krieger and Ping-cheong's convictions on the basis the alleged crimes didn't occur in Hong Kong so the court's had no jurisdiction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

63

Age When Released:

64

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Pair cleared of conspiring to bribe notorious official, By Julie Chu (staff), South China Morning Post, December 19, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1385330/pair-cleared-conspiring-bribe-notorious-official

Information Source 2:

"HK court clears accused in Ao Man Long conspiracy, Staff, MacauBusiness.com, December 19, 2013"

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http://www.macaubusiness.com/news/hk-court-clears-accused-in-ao-man-long-conspiracy.html

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