Federal prosecutors say that Rep. John Rogers contacted a witness in a corruption case that he was previously charged with attempting to bribe.
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Three House Democrats are requesting the IRS "confirm" if gift taxes were paid by billionaire benefactors to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito after reports show both jurists received luxury vacations and other items of worth. 
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Corporación Financiera Colombiana S.A. (Corficolombiana), a Colombian financial services institution, has agreed to pay over $80 million to resolve parallel bribery investigations by criminal, civil, and administrative authorities in the United States and Colombia stemming from the company’s involvement in a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to high-ranking government officials in Colombia.
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The long list of accusations were outlined as part of 20 charges of impeachment adopted by the Texas House.
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Anders Besseberg has been indicted in his home country of Norway on bribery accusations. Besseberg is the former president of the International Biathlon Union.
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A former deputy secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Wednesday on charges of receiving more than 1 billion won ($754,660) in bribes and illegal political funds from a businessman.
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Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson, two lobbyists and the owner of a marijuana company signed guilty pleas in a bribery scheme that took place while Johnson chaired a state licensing board. Read the plea agreements here.
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Suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was convicted March 30 of federal bribery and conspiracy charges, along with mail and wire fraud.
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Qatar had announced the nation’s former finance minister faces charges including bribery and embezzlement from his time in the post...
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A key figure in a global bribery scam was sentenced to a year in jail, vindicating reports of the crimes and raising fresh questions over the justice system.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a 30-month sentence for the former chairman of a major suit retailor...
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Ex-House Speaker Rick Johnson chaired a state licensing board that decided which businesses got into Michigan's burgeoning marijuana industry first.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Menendez a 'dedicated public servant' while announcing the senator decided to step down 'until the matter is resolved'...
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Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced Monday to 42 months in federal prison for a bribery and fraud scheme in which the longtime politician demanded benefits for his son from a university dean in exchange for Ridley-Thomas' political support for lucrative Los Angeles County business.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury today convicted Harlan Kelly, the former General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of charges that he accepted bribes and gifts from a local businessman in a scheme to provide confidential information about the city public bidding process and steer city contracts to...
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A federal jury convicted a Florida man for his role in a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program that provides health insurance benefits to active duty and retired service members and their families.
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The former National Treasurer of Venezuela and her husband were each sentenced today to 15 years in prison for their roles in a multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering scheme.
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Former Philadelphia Councilman Bobby Henon reported to federal prison at FCI Fort Dix on Monday to begin serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence.
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A former Puerto Rico mayor has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from two companies in exchange for securing municipal contracts, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Bankman-Fried, 31, has already pleaded not guilty to eight counts over collapse of cryptocurrency exchange last year...
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A high-profile consultant for Amazon sellers said on Monday that he did indeed bribe Amazon employees to help reinstate seller accounts. His hearing to change his plea is on March 30.
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In Ohio, two well-known Republicans — Larry Householder, former speaker for the Ohio House of Representatives, and ex-Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges — have been facing federal corruption charges in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.
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CINCINNATI — A series of text messages displayed in federal court Thursday showed close consultation between executives of an electric utility and a lawmaker after the utility made huge contributions to make him Ohio House speaker.
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Tourists extorted by police will be safe from prosecution even though they paid a bribe, including holidaying Taiwanese actress Charlene An, a senior Bangkok police officer said on Wednesday.
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