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Not guilty plea from former Goldman banker extradited to US to face bribery charges

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Julie DiMauro

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Case centers on alleged bribery of officials in Ghana to secure a lucrative power-plant contract for a client.

Former Goldman Sachs executive director Asante Kwaku Berko has appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on bribery charges after losing his fight against extradition from the UK, where he had been arrested.

He is charged by US authorities with arranging for millions of dollars in bribes to be paid

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