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A correctional officer who accepted a $10,000 bribe to smuggle tobacco into a High Desert prison was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison.
Justin Morrow, 32, of Victorville pleaded guilty in August to one count of bribery of a public official.
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A Fort Carson major who worked as a U.S. Army contracting officer in Afghanistan and Iraq has been charged with accepting bribes from two foreign nationals whose companies were awarded contracts.
Roderick D. Sanchez of Fountain was charged in U.S. District Court in Denver Tuesday with one count of bribery of a public official. If convicted, Sanchez could face up to 15 years in prison plus a $250,000 fine.
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Attorneys at law - Misconduct - Indefinite suspension - Reciprocal discipline after being disbarred in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania for conviction of conspiracy to defraud the United States and bribery of a public official.
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IT was early December 2008, and my favorite sister (OK, she's my only sister) and I had seats on a bus trip from the Valley to New York City to see the Christmas lights and store windows. During the dinner stop at a crowded restaurant, we sat near a fellow Valley passenger who chatted about books, museums and the theater. Then she asked what we did for a living. When I told her I was a journalist - - always a mistake -- she brought up the federal grand jury investigation into developer James Botti's alleged bribery of a Shelton public official, whom sources had identified a few days earlier as Mayor Mark A. Lauretti.
The existence of the probe had been common knowledge for about eight months at that time.
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... to combat bribery in both the private and public sector. It replaces less effective bribery prohibi... (Section 6): Bribery of a foreign public official in order to obtain or retain business or an advant...
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.... The Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) . The Bribery Act 2010 (the Act... offence relating to the bribery of foreign public officials do not just apply to individuals - certa...
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Twelfth Survey of White Collar Crime
Federal criminal laws designed to prevent attempts to influence public officers or misuse public positions are focused on bribery and various forms of conflict of interest. Bribery is proven by showing that a benefit accrued to a public official with corrupt intent was intended to influence that official in carrying out an official act. The series of conflict of interest provisions found in federal law encompass post-employment activities, limitations placed on the duties of officials, acts involving personal financial gain and unauthorized compensation.
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San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Josie Gonzales on Tuesday proposed several reforms in light of the county's ongoing corruption scandal.
Her announcement came a week after a special criminal grand jury indicted Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum, two former county officials and one current county official on charges of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest related to the county's landmark $102 million settlement with Burum's firm, Colonies Partners LP, in November 2006.
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San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Josie Gonzales on Tuesday proposed several reforms in light of the county's ongoing corruption scandal.
Her announcement came a week after a special criminal grand jury indicted Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum, two former county officials and one current county official on charges of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest related to the county's landmark $102 million settlement with Burum's firm, Colonies Partners LP, in November 2006.
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MIAMI, May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Ko-Suen Moo, of Taipei, Taiwan, pleaded guilty early this morning in Federal District Court in Miami to being a covert agent of the People's Republic of China, conspiracy to broker and to export defense articles to the People's Republic of China, including one F-16 aircraft engine, Blackhawk helicopter engines, cruise missiles and air-to-air missiles, and bribery of a public official, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 201(b)(1)(A).
The illegal export of military technology and equipment threatens our national security in the most direct way," said United States Attorney R. Alexander Acosta. "Moo both threatened our national security by illegally negotiating the purchase of F-16 and Blackhawk engines, air-to-air missiles and air-to-g...