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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.
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 .
[96] [97] Several years after disbarment, he was also a participant of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, with which he was convicted of November 2022 and sentenced to 18 years in prison. [98] [99] Paul J. Sheehy: Massachusetts: 1975 — Convicted of bank fraud and three counts of making false statements in Lowell Bank and Trust Co.'s ...
A Lexington woman convicted of fraud involving federal research money has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison, according to federal prosecutors. ... also was ordered to pay more ...
Black v. United States, 561 U.S. 465 (2010), is a white-collar criminal law case decided by the United States Supreme Court dealing with businessman Conrad Black's fraud trial. Along with two companion cases—Skilling v. United States and Weyhrauch v. United States—it dealt with the honest services provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1346.
State Senator Charles Tyrone "Ty" Courtney (R) was convicted of bank fraud, mail fraud and making false statements on a loan application. (2000) [ 203 ] [ 204 ] Agriculture Commissioner Charles Sharpe (R) was found guilty of charges of extortion, money laundering and lying to federal investigators, stemming from an illegal cockfighting ring.