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United States: Colombian ex-official sentencing delayed in bribery scheme
Sentencing has been postponed for a former Colombian anti-corruption official who pleaded guilty to U.S. money-laundering conspiracy charges as part of a bribery scheme. A sentencing hearing originally set Thursday in Miami federal court will...
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United States: Alleged Kickback Scheme Leads to Murder-for-Hire, Money-Laundering Charges
A man living in North Carolina who allegedly laundered part of $150 million in kickbacks related to Russian military contracts was charged in a plot that authorities say involved an extramarital affair, a murder-for-hire plan, immigration fraud and...
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United States: Tallahassee city commissioner, political consultant indicted in FBI corruption probe
Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Charles Maddox and political consultant Janice Paige Carter-Smith were indicted Wednesday on racketeering, bank fraud, bribery and other charges, in the first results to emerge from a years-long federal...
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United States: U.S. bans entry of Nicaraguan senior official over corruption charges
U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced to forbid a Nicaraguan senior official from entering the United States over the alleged "involvement in significant corruption." In a statement, the State Department designated the President of...
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United States: U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Road Project at Center of Colombian Corruption Scandal
One of the biggest corruption scandals in Colombian history took a new turn on Tuesday as a billionaire’s banking group said the investigation has spread to the U.S. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. said in a filing that it received an...
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Honduras: Honduran prosecutors target lawmakers in corruption case
Honduran prosecutors presented a case to the country's supreme court Tuesday accusing current and former public officials of diverting public funds into their own pockets. Among 21 people named are five current congressmen and six former ones,...
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United States: Former Bloomberg L.P. exec, ex-employees, to be arrested in construction bribery scheme
Prosecutors are expected to charge at least a dozen people — including a former top executive from Bloomberg L.P. and three other ex-employees — linked to a lucrative construction bribery scheme. The busts, following a lengthy investigation...
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Argentina: Macri's father, brother in court over Argentina corruption case
The brother and father of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri are to testify in court this week over their alleged involvement in a huge kickbacks scandal known as the "corruption notebooks" case, reports said Monday. Franco and Gianfranco Macri...
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