Tag: graft and conflicts of interest
Kentucky judge orders purge of suits from disgraced attorney
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has ordered court officials to purge hundreds of lawsuits filed against clients by a disgraced disability attorney who...
Miami money manager gets 4 years in Venezuela bribery case
MIAMI — A federal judge has sentenced a Miami money manager to nearly four years in prison for his role in a $1.2 billion...
Detroit ex-mayor’s pal wins release from prison years early
DETROIT — A Detroit contractor who got millions of dollars of city work through extortion will be released early from prison, a judge said...
Britain targets 22 people with new anti-corruption sanctions
LONDON — Britain imposed asset freezes and travel bans Monday on 22 people accused of bribery, kickbacks and fraud in its first use of...
Venezuela prosecutor who defied Maduro implicated in bribery
MIAMI — A former Venezuelan attorney general who defied President Nicolas Maduro by siding with his opponents has been implicated in a major corruption...
FirstEnergy in talks on deferred prosecution agreement
CLEVELAND — FirstEnergy Corp. is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice while negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement over its role in secretly funding...
Honolulu bribery scandal prompts permit department overhaul
HONOLULU — Honolulu is overhauling its building permit process after a federal investigation resulted in indictments alleging a bribery scheme.
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South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma must pay legal fees
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been denied state funding for his legal fees in an upcoming corruption trial and has...
Designer Mossimo Giannulli released from California prison
LOS ANGELES — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli has been released from a California prison and is at a halfway house outside Los Angeles following...
FirstEnergy refunds $26M as nuclear bailout repeal is signed
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio electric company under scrutiny for its role in what federal authorities say was a $60 million bribery and corruption...
