News / Final defendant in Polar Air Cargo case pleads guilty before trial begins

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The final defendant in the Polar Air Cargo corruption case changed his plea to guilty, just days before his trial was due to begin. 

Skye Xu’s company, Sky X Airlines, was contracted by Polar Air Cargo between September 2020 and July 2021, at the height of the pandemic. Sky X offered Polar capacity on charter flights that Mr Xu had secured with passenger aircraft.

But Mr Xu paid kickbacks to Polar executives in order to seal a favourable deal.  

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