Famed Miss. judge gets 18 months for lying to FBI

Bobby DeLaughter, a history-making prosecutor who became a judge, was sentenced Friday to 18 months for federal obstruction in a case that ended his career and brought down some of the most powerful lawyers in Mississippi.

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Ex-Willbros consultant pleads guilty over bribes

A former consultant for a subsidiary of Willbros Group Inc. said Thursday he helped bribe Nigerian officials in hopes of winning a $387 million pipeline contract for the oil and gas services company.

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Soboba chair pleads not guilty, placed on leave

The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians has pleaded not guilty to accepting more than $250,000 in bribes from tribal vendors.

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Soboba Indian leader arrested on bribery charges

The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians was arrested Friday for allegedly taking more than $250,000 in bribes from tribal vendors and misreporting his income to the federal government.

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Ex-Army master sergeant pleads guilty to bribery

A retired army master sergeant on Friday pleaded guilty to bribery and money laundering charges stemming from his tour of duty in Iraq.

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DC Councilman's aide indicted on bribery charges

The chief of staff for D.C. Councilman Jim Graham was arrested Thursday on bribery charges alleging he promoted taxicab legislation in exchange for cash.

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Reputed mob underboss sentenced in Big Dig bribery

The reputed former underboss of the New England mob has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribing an undercover FBI agent posing as a state official to try to win a $6 million contract on Boston's Big Dig highway project.

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5-year sentence for subcontractor in levee bribery

A subcontractor has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to bribe two Army Corps of Engineers consultants over bids to reconstruct levees after Hurricane Katrina.

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2 plead guilty to offering bribe in Afghanistan

Two men have pleaded guilty to offering a $1 million bribe to a U.S. army officer in Afghanistan for a contract there.

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2 indicted in $1 million Afghanistan bribe scheme

A federal grand jury has indicted two men for allegedly trying to bribe a U.S. Army contracting official with $1 million to win a road construction project in Afghanistan, the Justice Department said Thursday.

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Diplomat gets one year in visa bribery scheme

A former official at the U.S. consulate in Toronto was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday for expediting visas in exchange for gifts of jewelry and trips with exotic dancers.

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Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent

A Mississippi judge known for prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to an FBI agent investigating corruption.

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Reputed mob boss pleads guilty in Mass. bribe case

The reputed underboss of the New England mob has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in a plea deal that will send him to prison for six years.

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Key player in sports-bribery case appears in court

Two former University of Toledo football players charged in a point-shaving scheme were arraigned in federal court Wednesday, including an ex-running back from Canada who is described as a key contact for Detroit-area gamblers.

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Sun Micro: We may have broken US anti-bribery law

Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking its $7.4 billion takeover deal.

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Ala. Army officer, wife accused in $2.8M bribery

An Alabama Army major and his wife are accused of taking $2.8 million in bribes from a Georgia contractor who received about $21 million for delivering bottled water and building fences in Kuwait and Iraq.

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Fla. horse racing jockey charged in bribery case

A Florida jockey and two other men have been indicted for what federal authorities say was a conspiracy to influence results at a Tampa horse racing track.

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Ex-federal worker sent to prison for taking bribes

A former federal worker was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half in prison for taking bribes in exchange for awarding inflated construction contracts, even though he's cooperated fully with investigators and helped to expose others in the scheme.

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US charges 2 British men in KBR bribe case

U.S. authorities charged two British men Thursday with helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win construction contracts.

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2 plead guilty in visa bribery scheme

An international jewelry executive and a former U.S. diplomat pleaded guilty Wednesday to trading gemstone rings, trips with exotic dancers and other gifts in exchange for expedited work visas.

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Former CIA exec gets more than 3 years in prison

The highest-ranking CIA officer ever convicted of a federal felony was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday as part of a bribery and fraud investigation that previously resulted in the conviction of a California congressman.

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Ex-ICE agent in Caracas gets 7 1/2 years for bribes

A former supervisory agent for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for taking bribes while stationed in Venezuela.

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Miss. judge pleads not guilty in bribery case

A judge known for successfully prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing pleaded not guilty Thursday to five federal charges in an unrelated judicial bribery scheme that has snared some of the state's wealthiest attorneys.

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KBR pleads guilty in Nigerian bribery scheme

A former Halliburton Co. subsidiary pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribing Nigerian officials to obtain contracts valued at more than $6 billion.

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Contractor gets prison in government bribery case

A contractor who once worked for the Treasury Department was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for bribing a government official with $55,000 to win construction contracts.

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The problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.

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WORCESTER, Mass. -- A former official at UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. has been charged with stealing more than $2.5 million from the hospital system through bogus construction contracts.

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The collapse of the Palestinian Authority, the result of Israel's 42-year refusal to implement a two-state solution, leaves the Palestinians no option but to unilaterally declare an independent state. Israel acted unilaterally when it announced independence in 1948.

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Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on 11 counts of corruption.

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US defense contractors are funding insurgents in Afghanistan, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, according to a report in The Nation published Thursday.

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Democrats have bribed AARP and AMA to endose this unconstitutional bill H,B,3962

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Another former SK Foods executive has been charged in Sacramento federal court, the latest expansion of a sprawling case of fraud, bribery and price fixing in the tomato-processing industry.

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MILAN — An Italian judge Wednesday convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 under the covert "extraordinary rendition" programme.

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"J&J's kickbacks to Omnicare took multiple forms, including rebates that were conditioned on Omnicare engaging in an 'Active Intervention Program' for Risperdal and payments disguised as data purchase fees, educational grants, and fees to attend Omnicare meetings," the Justice De …

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Why is the mainstream media so ready to trust what Bernard Maddoff has to say about his not getting caught till now? Why wouldn't the media be investigating the SEC and other regulatory officials that might have been on the take? Were Financial Industry Reporters also silent fo …

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California Indian tribe's leader charged with accepting bribes from various outside vendors. One of the vendors was also charged with bribery.

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That's what the French are saying today, just after the The Times (UK) broke a story charging that the Italian secret service had been systematically paying off the Taliban in exchange for protection in the Italian army's area of operation — a charge that has since been den …

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We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us-The People

It just hit me today. You would think I would be wiser after 53 years, but I must plead for forgiveness. I have been blaming our leadership (certainly a questionable title) for the rediculous actions taken the last few years.

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The massive prosecution case came down to three main questions: Did the defendants conspire to extort money from developer and FBI informant James R.

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'American Conservative' mag's description of interview with previously-gagged FBI whistleblower as 'explosive' may prove to be a gross understatement Blackmail, bribery, infiltration, theft and sale of nuke secrets by Turkey, Israel explained in clearer detail than ever before.. …

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A MAN allegedly offered police a dead fish when they pulled him over for drink driving in Darwin - but it wasn't enough to get him off the hook.

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Authorities say a social studies teacher in New Jersey has been arrested for allegedly accepting cash from students looking to improve their grades.

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Victorian police are defending a decision to pay money to an alleged rape victim after a bungled investigation.

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Well this is quite a little conundrum for the right-wing, itn't? Looks like Alvaro Uribe's plan for four more years is moving along just fine, term limit controversies be damned.

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In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal "cradle-to-grave" healthcare coverage, to be accomplished through the complete socialization of medicine. The "right to health" became a "constitutional right" of Soviet citizens.

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Is President Obama taking off the gloves when it comes to fighting contract misconduct? If so, the contractors featured in our Federal Contractor Misconduct Database, many of which perform work for the government in locations far away from US soil, could find out the hard way why …

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ormer Louisiana congressman William Jefferson was convicted Wednesday of bribery schemes aimed at enriching him and his family in a trial that featured a freezer full of foil-wrapped cash in alleged bribe money.

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"Besides Mr. Madoff, the accountant who had audited Mr. Madoff's books, David G. Friehling, has been charged with securities fraud and aiding the investment adviser fraud."

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes was convicted in federal court Wednesday in a case in which agents famously found $90,000 stashed in his freezer.

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Payments of $30,000 each to former L.A. Unified Board of Education members David Tokofsky and Jose Huizar, now an L.A. city councilman, are the focus of the federal probe.

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