UPDATE 2-Former Gunvor employee pleads guilty in Petroecuador bribery case Reuters 3 hrs ago (Recasts first two paragraphs, adds details on bribery probes) Popular Searches By Chris Prentice and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - A Canadian man once employed by the commodities trading house Gunvor Group pleaded guilty on Tuesday to involvement in what U.S. prosecutors called a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean government officials to win business from state-controlled oil company Petroecuador. Raymond Kohut, 68, entered his plea to a money laundering conspiracy charge before U.S. District Judge Eric Vitaliano in Brooklyn, New York. He faces up to a 20 years in prison and agreed to a $2.2 million criminal forfeiture.