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State Representative Douglas Bruce (R), was convicted on four counts of felony criminal activity including, money laundering, attempted improper influence of a public official, and tax fraud. He was sentenced on February 13, 2012, to a total of 180 days in jail, $49,000 in fines, and six months of probation which included extensive disclosure ...
This is a list of notable U.S. state officials convicted of only certain federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are list
For a more complete list see: List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes and List of federal political scandals in the United States. Dozens of high-level United States federal officials have been convicted of public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. These officials have been convicted under two types of statutes.
Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair (D) convicted of bribery (2006) [7]; Mayor of Birmingham Larry Langford (D) was sentenced on March 5, 2010, to 15 years in prison for conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme.
Austin Murphy (D-PA) was convicted of one count of voter fraud for filling out absentee ballots for members of a nursing home (1999). [124] Mel Reynolds (D-IL) was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography (1997). He was later convicted of 12 counts of bank fraud (1999).
The Trump Organization, convicted of tax fraud, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. [9] Tyson Foods; Volkswagen, pleaded guilty to 3 criminal felonies related to its emissions scandal. [10] Waste Management, Inc; The Boeing Company, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. This charge ...
In United States v. John , 597 F.3d 263 (2010) [ 1 ] United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit interpreted the term "exceeds authorized access" in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 18 U.S.C. §1030(e)(6) [ 2 ] and concluded that access to a computer may be exceeded if the purposes for which access has been given are exceeded .
This category contains American politicians convicted of federal public corruption crimes.Under federal law, corrupt conduct can be charged, inter alia, as bribery (18 U.S.C. § 201 or 18 U.S.C. § 666), fraud (mail and wire fraud, including honest services fraud), extortion (), and/or racketeering (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act).