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Bribery
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Former Hoboken Mayor Sentenced to 30 Months
By Ellen Podgor
Former Hoboken, NJ. Mayor Anthony Russo received a 30-month term of imprisonment for taking $317,000 in bribes from an accounting firm in exchange for directing city business to the firm. …
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Developer Charged in Monmouth County (NJ) Corruption Probe
By Ellen Podgor
The drumbeat of prosecutions arising from the Monmouth County, New Jersey, corruption probe continues with the arrest of developer Anthony Spalliero, who was charged with bribing former Marlboro Mayor Matthew…
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R.I. Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Contempt and Perjury for Leaking FBI Tape to Reporter
By Ellen Podgor
Rhode Island attorney Joseph Bevilacqua, Jr., agreed to plead guilty to contempt of court and perjury for leaking to a television reporter an FBI videotape of a Providence city official…
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Longest Serving New Jersey Freeholder Charged with Accepting Bribes
By Ellen Podgor
Harry Larrison, Jr., whose 39 years as a Monmouth County Freeholder (the county's governing board) made him the longest serving Freeholder in New Jersey, was charged with accepting at least…
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Third Circuit Rejects Commerce Clause Challenge to Hobbs Act Convictions
By Ellen Podgor
The Third Circuit issued an opinion in United States v. Urban (here) upholding the convictions of a number of former Philadelphia plumbing inspectors who were convicted of violating the Hobbs…
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Is the UK Ignoring Foreign Corrupt Practices?
By Ellen Podgor
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued a very negative report on March 18 (available here) about the efforts made by the United Kingdom to implement the 1997…
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Titan Corp. Settles FCPA Criminal and Civil Claims
By Ellen Podgor
Titan Corporation, whose merger with Lockheed Martin Corp. was scuttled in 2004 in part due to questionable foreign payments, agreed to enter a settlement with the SEC and plead guilty…
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Corruption Prosecutions in New Jersey
By Ellen Podgor
The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey announced last week the arrests of a number of local public officials in Monmouth County (home of Asbury Park for the Bruce fans…
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Sports Conviction-Should this be RICO?
By Ellen Podgor
Logan Young Jr., an investment banker, was convicted of paying a high school football coach, Lynn Lang, in order to recruit a star player to the Alabama team. Find out…
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New Orleans Traffic Court Investigation
By Ellen Podgor
The Times-Picayune reports in an article titled, "Feds look into allegations of bribery at Traffic Court" that "sources close to the case said," that "[a] wide-ranging probe into potential ticket-fixing…