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Former JPMorgan exec pleads not guilty in bribery case

Prosecutors allege that Catherine Leung Kar-cheung offered to employ the son of a potential client

A former executive at JPMorgan pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in a Hong Kong court on July 18, after prosecutors alleged she persuaded her colleagues to hire the son of a potential client.

Catherine Leung Kar-cheung, a former vice chairwoman of JPMorgan’s Asia-Pacific investment banking business, was charged in May with two counts of bribery. An eight-day trial has been scheduled for February 2020, and will include 10 witnesses.

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