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United States: Miami Businessman Pleads Guilty to Ecuadorean Corruption Scheme
A Miami-based businessman pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to pay $4.4 million in bribes to officials at a state-controlled oil company in Ecuador. Armengol Alfonso Cevallos Diaz pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern...
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United States: Former Baltimore lawmaker pleads guilty to bribery, fraud
A former Maryland state lawmaker and leading advocate of marijuana legalization pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribery and fraud charges after being accused of accepting more than $33,000 in exchange for granting various legislative favors, including...
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United States: Mother pleads guilty in college bribery scandal to paying company $9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University
A mother has pleaded guilty in the college bribery scandal to paying a company $9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University and then demanding a discount when he received a C. Karen Littlefair, 57, pleaded guilty in federal...
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United States: Ex-drug execs get over 2 years in prison for bribery scheme
Two former drug company executives were sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison in a bribery and kickbacks scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the opioid crisis. Richard Simon, a Seal Beach, California, resident and the...
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United States: Trump Considering Changing Law That Makes Foreign Bribes Illegal
In the newest chapter on President Donald Trump and the rule of law, administration officials are considering changing the statute making it illegal for American corporations to bribe foreign officials. Asked Friday about the possibility of...
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United States: Ex-Boston City Hall official to be sentenced for bribery
Federal prosecutors are highlighting a photo they say shows a former Boston City Hall official accepting a bribe as they argue for prison time in the case. A sentencing memorandum filed Friday by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dustin Chao says the...
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Honduras: Honduras vows to fight corruption after ending anti-graft body's mandate
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Sunday he was committed to battling corruption after his government ended the mandate of an anti-graft mission in the country backed by the Organization of American States (OAS). Writing on...
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United States: Quantadyn Corporation and Its Owner indicted for Alleged Bribery and Government Contract Fraud Scheme
A federal judge unsealed a grand jury indictment charging a software engineering company called Quantadyn Corporation; one of its owners, David Joseph Bolduc, Jr.; Keith Alan Seguin, and Rubens Wilson Fiuza Lima for their roles in a bribery and...
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