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Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified whether the Hobbs Act's definition of conspiracy to commit extortion only includes attempts to acquire property from someone who is not a member of the conspiracy. [1]
The charges were not dismissed, but the case ended in a mistrial, with most of the jurors favoring acquittal. [ 7 ] In the aftermath of the Kids for cash scandal , former President Judge Mark Ciavarella of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas has also cited the Supreme Court ruling in an attempt to overturn his own twenty-eight year ...
For example, the Travel Act may be used to prosecute public officials for extortion and bribery in violation of state law, as the Supreme Court held in United States v. Nardello (1969). [99] According to Curato et al.: From passage in 1961 until approximately 1971, political officials were not prosecuted under the Travel Act.
Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held 18 U.S.C. § 666 prohibits bribes to state and local officials but does not make it a crime for those officials to accept gratuities for their past acts.
The reported gunfire exchange came one day after a federal grand jury voted to indict Rosenwasser on charges that include bribery, extortion, making false statements and wire fraud, court records ...
While the charges against Cassano and Galione made no mention of the mob, court records show the underlying investigation specifically targeted the dwindling upper-echelon members of the Chicago ...
Indictment against Gautam Adani et al. is a 2024 federal indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [1] Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and seven top business executives of Adani Group and its affiliates have been charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to Indian government officials and to ...
(The Center Square) – Quid pro quo allegations are a key part of the U.S. government’s corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.