Latest Bribery, graft and conflicts of interest News
Bergdahl lawyers say judge's job application posed conflict
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A new motion filed in the case of former U.S Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is asking the highest appeals court for the U.S. military to overturn his conviction, citing an alleged conflict of interest involving the judge who originally presided over his sentencing. The motion filed Friday...
Parties dispute how far feds will let Madigan probe go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. attorney investigating a state government bribery scandal that implicates the longtime House speaker on Thursday OK'd a separate probe by a House committee, but Democrats and Republicans don't agree one how far it can go. The chairman of the special investigating...
Ex-Illinois lawmaker pleads guilty to federal tax charge
CHICAGO (AP) — Former longtime Illinois state Sen. Terry Link pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal tax charge. The Democrat, who resigned last week, had been in office since 1997. He’s the latest state legislator to be charged in the federal government’s ongoing criminal investigations into...
Agency to review spending by utility tied to bribery probe
CLEVELAND (AP) — A regulatory agency that oversees utility rates in Ohio has asked an electric company tied to an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to show it did not use customers' money to support passage of legislation to subsidize two struggling nuclear power plants. The Public Utilities Commission of...
Brazil's da Silva faces new charge of money laundering
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Prosecutors in Brazil's sprawling Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday charged former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with money laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case. ...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Browns season is finally here, but what will it look like for fans and players? Clevland Plain Dealer Sept. 12 Gov. Mike DeWine has given a gift to the Browns and Bengals during the NFL’s COVID-19-shadowed season this year -- a...
Fifth indicted in a scheme to rig state education contracts
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Memphis lawyer has been indicted for conspiring with a former top official in the Mississippi Department of Education to rig contracts and steal public money, authorities said Friday. Errol Harmon, 47, is charged with conspiracy, bribery, and interstate transportation in aid of...
Swiss court puts Qatari on trial in soccer case next week
GENEVA (AP) — In Switzerland’s federal criminal court on Monday, Nasser al-Khelaifi will become the first Qatari to stand trial almost six years after FIFA asked prosecutors to investigate the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests. Al-Khelaifi, the president of Champions League finalist Paris...
Malaysia's ex-finance minister faces 2 fresh graft charges
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s former finance minister pleaded not guilty Friday to two new corruption charges, saying the legal moves against him were politically motivated ahead of impending elections. Lim Guan Eng was charged last month with three counts of corruption linked to his...
Indian Health doctor pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A former Indian Health Services doctor who worked in Browning pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he received kickbacks for prescribing a costly diabetes medication that had to be filled at an outside pharmacy, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Arnold Scott Devous, 68, of...
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