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United States: Former Senior UAW Official Pleads Guilty to Taking $123,000 in Bribes and Kickbacks
Jeffery Pietrzyk, a former high-level official in the UAW’s General Motors Department, pleaded guilty to conspiring with other UAW officials to engage in honest services fraud by taking over $123,000 in bribes and kickbacks from UAW vendors and...
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United States: Ex-CEOs plead guilty to roles in U.S. college admissions scandal
Four wealthy parents including the former chief executives of bond manager Pimco and specialty finance lender Hercules Capital Inc pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions cheating and fraud scheme. Federal...
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Brazil: Survivors sue German manager over fatal Brazil dam collapse
Five relatives of people killed in a devastating dam collapse in Brazil are suing a manager of Germany company TUeV Sued that was involved in inspecting the structure. German news site Spiegel Online reported Thursday that criminal complaints...
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United States: Real estate developer gets 1 month in college bribery case
A California real estate developer was sentenced Friday to one month in prison for paying $75,000 to cheat on his daughter’s college entrance exam. Robert Flaxman, 63, of Los Angeles, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court after pleading...
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Honduras: Honduran president hobbled after being implicated in brother's bribery conviction
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged battered from the trial and conviction of his brother on Friday after the U.S. Justice Department concluded that the evidence showed narcotraffickers had bribed the president and his party. A...
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United States: Ex-Credit Suisse banker pocketed $45M in bribes from $2B scheme: Testimony
A former Credit Suisse banker described in federal court how he made millions in illegal dealings for his role in a $2 billion loan scheme, according to court papers and reports. Andrew Pearse, a 49-year-old ex-banker for Swiss bank Credit...
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United States: Former Pimco chief to plead guilty in U.S. college scam case
Douglas Hodge, the former chief executive of the investment firm Pimco, has agreed to plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors say is the largest college admissions scam uncovered in the United States, according to a court filing on...
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United States: Crooked longshore union honcho pleads guilty to accepting $150,000 in bribes
The corrupt president of a local International Longshoremen’s Association union pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking $150,000 in bribes that he referred to as “tickets.” Glenn Blicht, 57, copped to a scheme in which he demanded bribes from...
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