(CNN) A former Hong Kong politician faces jail time in the US after being convicted of scheming to offer millions of dollars in bribes to African leaders, through contacts made at the United Nations.

Patrick Ho Chi-ping, 69, was on Tuesday found guilty by a federal jury in New York on seven of eight counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering. He was acquitted on one count of international money laundering.

The maximum penalty for each charge ranges from five to 20 years in jail.

Ho, who pleaded not guilty, will be sentenced on March 15.

The seven-day trial began a year after Ho was arrested at JFK Airport on November 18, 2017.

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