Sherman is alleged to have offered bribes to multiple judges associated with his trial for a 2010 bribery scheme and is suspected of having an undisclosed conflict of interest with the judge who ultimately returned a not guilty verdict in July 2019. Sherman has allegedly routinely paid judges to decide cases in his favor, and has allegedly facilitated payments to Liberian politicians to support the impeachment of a judge who has ruled against him.
In the 2010 scheme that led to this trial, Sherman was suspected of having been hired by a British mining company in an effort to obtain one of Liberia’s last remaining mining assets, the Wologizi iron ore concession. Sherman supposedly advised the company that, in order to obtain the contract, they first had to get Liberia’s procurement and concessions law changed by bribing senior officials. In 2016, Sherman was indicted by the Liberian government, along with several other government officials, for their involvement in the USD 950,000 bribery scheme. In 2019, the presiding judge acquitted all individuals accused of being involved in the bribery scheme. [1]
Information
| IDENTIFYING INFORMATION | Lawyer, Liberian senator, and Chair of the Liberian Senate Judiciary Committee |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16.02.1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liberia |
| NATIONALITY | Liberia |
| COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE | Liberia |
| FULL NAME | Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi Sherman |
| FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME(S) | Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi |
| ALIASES | None |
| FAMILY MEMBERS | Joyce Sherman - wife |
| FAMILY MEMBERS SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS | None |
| SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED LINKS TO LEGAL ENTITIES | Sable Mining Company; Sherman and Sherman, Inc. (his law firm). [1] |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS FROZEN OR CONFISCATED | Unknown |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS RETURNED | None |
| SANCTIONS REGIMES | US Global Magnitsky Sanctions. [1] |
| START OF SANCTIONS | 09.12.2020 [1] |