Ex-Goldman Banker Berko Loses Bid to Dismiss US Bribery Case

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Asante Berko, who was charged in 2020 of conspiring with at least two high-ranking Ghana officials in a bribery scheme, lost a long shot bid to have a judge dismiss the criminal case against him.

US District Judge Diane Gujarati denied Berko’s request to dismiss the case based on complaints that prosecutors sealed the indictment without a proper reason and in violation of his right to a speedy trial. The judge said that the government had made “reasonably diligent efforts to locate and arrest” him.

Berko was arrested in London in November ...