Reports: Nojay sought for questioning in Cambodia

4 September 2014
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Civil and commercial litigation / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations
Akra Agriculture Partners Inc / Akra Group LLC / Bill Nojay / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Richer San / Sichan Siv / Thomas Willems / United Nations Economic and Social Council

Assemblyman Bill Nojay, R-Pittsford, is wanted for questioning in southern Asia as part of an investigation into a $1 million fraud complaint, theCambodian press reported this week.

In a July 7 letter, a local Cambodian prosecutor summoned Nojay and three others to appear for questioning in a municipal court in the Asian country, according to The Cambodia Daily, an English-language newspaper. …

Nojay is a one-third owner of Akra Group LLC, a San Antonio-based company that had been exploring business opportunities in Cambodia, including a cooperative among local rice farmers. …

According to the newspaper, Lykuong accused two other Akra partners — Thomas Willems and Sichan Siv, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council — of convincing her to invest $1 million in the company in 2012 in part by claiming two Cambodian companies had signed business agreements with Akra. …

 Jon Campbell
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2014/09/04/bill-nojay-cambodia-fraud-investigation/15079479/