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In 1976, there were 337 indictments of state and local officials for public corruption, compared to 63 in 1970. [19] Between 1970 and 1981, there were 520 federal indictments of state officials, and 1,757 indictments of local officials, for public corruption; over that period, 369 state officials, and 1,290 local officials, were convicted. [20]
Most notably, § 201(b) prohibits the receipt of bribes, and § 201(c) prohibits the receipt of unlawful gratuities, by federal public officials. Lesser used statutes include conspiracy to defraud the United States (enacted 1867) [ 6 ] and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (enacted 1977).
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
She said public corruption laws and prosecutions are needed “to make sure that government officials at every level of government are being held accountable when they engage in corrupt activity.”
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had ...
Operation Ill Wind was a three-year investigation launched in 1986 by the FBI into corruption by U.S. government and military officials, and private defense contractors. Melvyn Paisley (R) Assistant Secretary of the Navy, [62] was found to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. He pleaded guilty to bribery and served four ...
Investigating the corruption of public officials remains one the FBI's most important priorities." Waldref said all elected officials need to be held accountable if they mishandle taxpayer funds.
This is a list of notable United States local officials convicted of federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Non-notable officials, such as sewer inspectors and zoning commissioners, are not included on this list, although they are routinely prosecuted for the same offenses.