Former Dallas City Council member Larry Duncan faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the
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Croatia Convicts Ex-PM Ivo Sanader of War Profiteering
October 23, 2018 No Comment 8 ViewsIvo Sanader, former prime minister of Croatia, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for war profiteering during the country's 1990s conflict. The 65-year-old was on Monday found
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Maldives Court Frees Opposition Leader Convicted of Bribery
October 22, 2018 No Comment 12 ViewsA court in the Maldives freed an opposition leader on Monday, setting aside a lower court's conviction for bribery. The High Court, in hearing an appeal by Qasim Ibrahim, said there were
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Ex-Navy Officer Gets Prison in ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Case
October 22, 2018 No Comment 22 Views
A disgraced former U.S. naval officer was sentenced in San Diego Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging bribery and fraud case involving a notorious one-time foreign defense
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Indonesia Raids Home of Lippo Group Deputy Chairman in Bribery Probe
October 18, 2018 No Comment 12 ViewsIndonesia’s anti-graft agency said on Thursday it had raided 10 locations, including the home of Lippo Group Deputy Chairman James Riady, as part of a bribery investigation linked to the
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Brazil’s Federal Police Asks Top Court to Indict President Temer on Graft Charges
October 17, 2018 No Comment 13 ViewsBrazil’s federal police have asked the supreme court to indict President Michel Temer and confiscate his assets and those of some of his close associates over alleged graft, according to a copy of
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Ex-Chief of China Asset Management Firm Prosecuted for Graft
October 16, 2018 No Comment 13 ViewsThe former chairman of a Chinese state-controlled asset management firm will be prosecuted for corruption, authorities said Monday, the latest senior figure to be felled in the government's
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New York State Assemblyman Charged With Taking Bribe
October 11, 2018 No Comment 18 ViewsRepublican New York state Assemblyman Joseph Errigo was charged Wednesday with taking a bribe to introduce legislation that would have helped a developer. Errigo appeared briefly in U.S. District
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South Korea Ex-President Lee Jailed for 15 Years Over Corruption
October 8, 2018 No Comment 15 Views
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was jailed for 15 years for corruption Friday, becoming the latest of the country's ex-leaders to be sent to prison. The 76-year-old CEO-turned-president,
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Fugitive Romanian Politician, Prosecutor Held in Costa Rica
October 5, 2018 No Comment 25 ViewsA Romanian politician and a former chief prosecutor who fled to Costa Rica before they could be sentenced for crimes committed while in office have been arrested, police in the Central American
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