LAWFUEL – The American Law Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SANJAYA BAHEL, a former procurement supervisor at the United Nations, was
convicted today in Manhattan federal court on all counts of an
Indictment charging him with fraud and corruption.
The evidence at trial established that NISHAN KOHLI — who earlier pleaded guilty in the case and testified at trial as a Government witness
— and his relatives provided BAHEL with cash, first-class plane
tickets, a computer, and a discounted rent and discounted
purchase price on a three-bedroom apartment in an east side
luxury high-rise, in exchange for BAHEL’s assistance in getting
contracts from the United Nations Procurement Division for
companies owned or represented by the KOHLIS. BAHEL’s assistance
to the KOHLIS included providing inside information, providing
advice (including advice on what prices to bid), helping the
KOHLIS navigate problems they faced within the United Nations,
ghost-writing the KOHLIS’ correspondence with the United Nations,
