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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Another Congressional Corruption Case on the Way
By Ellen Podgor
The fallout from the bribery of former Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham looks like it is about to hit, according to an article in the North County Times (here). Brent Wilkes,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Bribery Charges at Cleveland Housing Agency
By Ellen Podgor
Federal prosecutors in Cleveland charged three former officials with the Cleveland Housing Network, a non-profit that rented houses primarily to low-income tenants, on bribery charges for demanding kickbacks from contractors. …
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Ney Set For Sentencing This Week
By Ellen Podgor
Rep. Bob Ney is set to be sentenced this coming Friday and according to MSNNBC(AP) he may be arguing for a placement in rehabilitation facility to assist an alchohol problem.…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Did Too Many White Collar Cases Doom a U.S. Attorney?
By Ellen Podgor
A San Diego Union-Tribune story (here) reports that U.S. Attorney Carol Lam has been forced out because under her leadership the office in the Southern District of California did not…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Judge Orders Further Briefing on Scrushy-Siegelman Motion
By Ellen Podgor
The seemingly never-ending battle over the bribery convictions of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy and former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman may get another airing in U.S. District Court. After the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Bribery Investigation Doesn’t Hurt Election Result
By Ellen Podgor
Despite a bribery investigation, Representative William Jefferson was re-elected in Saturday's runoff election. According to AP here, the government investigation may have aided Jefferson -- with voters very determined to…
TortsProf Blog
Indeed, That Might Suggest a Teensy-Weensy Conflict of Interest
An NIH worker pleaded guilty to charges relating to a small moderate rather huge bunch of payments from Pfizer.Sunderland, 55, admitted to entering consulting agreements with the drugmaker beginning in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bribery Conviction of DHS Supervisor
A former supervisor at the Department of Homeland Security pleaded guilty Thursday to accepting at least $600,000 in bribes to provide fraudulent citizenship documents to hundreds of Asian immigrants.Robert T.…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Split Verdict In Alabama Bribery Case
By Ellen Podgor
It was not a good day for most of the defendants in the Alabama Sewer case as the former sewer chief Jack Swann, three businessmen and three companies were convicted…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Payer of Bribe to Louisiana Congressman Sentenced to 87-Month Prison Term
By Ellen Podgor
Kentucky businessman Vernon Jackson, former CEO of telecommunications company iGate Inc., received an 87-month prison term after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy and bribery. According to the criminal…