Jesse Jackson Jr., wife charged in federal cases
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been charged with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms....read more
View ArticleS.E.C. Inquiry Into China Film Trade Unnerves Hollywood
Nearly a year after word leaked about an S.E.C.Nearly a year after word leaked about an S.E.C. investigation into possible corrupt practices in the China film trade, there is a still a chill over...
View ArticleKwame Kilpatrick, Detroit's most corrupt mayor of all time is found guilty of...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was found guilty of multiple counts of racketeering and extortion, a jury decided Monday. Kilpatrick was convicted of 24 charges, including racketeering,...
View ArticleFlorida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigns from post - connected with $290...
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned amid law enforcement questions about a Florida Internet sweepstakes company at the center of a nationwide criminal investigation. Florida Department of Law...
View ArticleWife says Blagojevich teaching history in prison
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is spending his time in federal prison teaching Civil War history and learning to play the guitar, while his attorneys work on an appeal, his wife said on Friday,...
View ArticleMicrosoft probed over foreign bribery :report
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it takes seriously any allegations of misconduct, after a report that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating potential bribery by Microsoft employees in China,...
View ArticleInvestigators search Paris home of IMF chief
A lawyer for IMF chief Christine Lagarde says French investigators have searched her Paris home today as part of an inquiry into her role in a $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a tycoon. The...
View ArticleJurors reach verdicts in Bell, Calif., corruption trial
More than a month after testimony ended, a jury has reached a verdict in the trial of the so-called "Bell 6," who are accused of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that left a small city...
View ArticleFeds charge Bronx Assemblyman Stevenson, 4 others in new bribe scheme
Feds busted a Bronx assemblyman today for allegedly pocketing envelopes of cash to push legislation in Albany — marking the second corruption case against a state lawmaker this week. Assemblyman Eric...
View ArticleSix politicians plead not guilty in alleged NYC mayor's race plot
New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith and five other politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with an alleged plot to buy a line on New York City's mayoral ballot. The...
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