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Corruption
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Compensation CFO Gets Jail in Coin Gate
According to Business Insurance, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation gets sixty-four months in jail. Involved in a rare coin investment scandal dubbed "Coin…
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Veco’s Chair and CEO Get Quick Pleas
By Ellen Podgor
Following three new indictments, there were some quick pleas by the Chairperson and the CEO of Veco. The Wall Street Jrl provides details here. (esp)
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Siemens Corruption Probe Spreads to the U.S.
By Ellen Podgor
The widening criminal and civil probe of foreign bribes paid by Siemens A.G., the giant German telecommunications company, claimed the company's CEO, Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, who announced that he would…
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Abramoff Related: Zacheres Pleads
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Release reports that "[a] former high-level staffer of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit…
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New Jersey State Senator Charged with Corruption
By Ellen Podgor
New Jersey state Senator Wayne R. Bryant and the former dean of the School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM) in New Jersey, R. Michael Gallagher, where charged in a twenty-count indictment…
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Another Official Snared in Abramoff’s Web
By Ellen Podgor
Former superlobbyist Jack Abramoff spread himself around Washington D.C., and those contacts resulted in yet another official entering a guilty plea arising from their relationship. Former Deputy Interior Secretary J.…
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Plea in DOD Employee Corruption Case
By Ellen Podgor
A press release of the DOJ reports that "a former Department of Defense (DOD) employee, pleaded guilty to accepting illegal gratuities while serving as an operational support planner in the…
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Nevada’s Governor Under Investigation for Corruption
By Ellen Podgor
Newly-elected Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons is being investigated by the FBI for possible bribery and unlawful gratuities received from a friend and campaign contributor whose company received substantial military contracts. …
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Former CIA Official Charged with Corruption
By Ellen Podgor
The former number three official at the Central Intelligence Agency was indicted in San Diego on eleven counts of conspiracy, honest services fraud, conflict of interest, and money laundering. Kyle…
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A War of Words in Philly
By Ellen Podgor
The federal indictment of powerful Pennsylvania state Senator Vincent Fumo on corruption, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice charges has sparked a vigorous response from his lawyer, Richard Sprague. The…