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Offering a discount or a refund to all purchasers is a legal rebate and is not bribery. For example, it is legal for an employee of a Public Utilities Commission involved in electric rate regulation to accept a rebate on electric service that reduces their cost of electricity, when the rebate is available to other residential electric customers ...
Bribery is part of human life, and it is a part of civilization. ... You can find numerous examples about companies breaking laws, and profiting off these activities by billions or even tens of ...
In 2019, Stephen Walt argued that the United States was becoming increasingly corrupt, pointing to the Trump administration, the causes of the Great Recession, the failure of the Boeing 737 MAX, and the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal as examples.
Federal official bribery and gratuity, federal official conflict-of-interest, Travel Act, and conspiracy to defraud the United States Abscam [55] Democrat: Bob Menendez: Senate: New Jersey 2024 bribery, extortion, acting as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice and several counts of conspiracy. [56] Democrat
Prosecutors allege that Jones and Dowling participated in bribery, money laundering and obstruction to increase the company stock price and enrich themselves. FirstEnergy fired the two men in ...
Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) was convicted on nine counts of bribery and conspiracy, and was sentenced to three years in prison. [241] Representative John Jenrette (D-SC) was sentenced to two years in prison for bribery and conspiracy. [241] Richard Kelly (R-FL) accepted $25K and then claimed he was conducting his own investigation into ...
Switzerland's highest court has convicted the commodities trading giant Trafigura and one of its senior executives of bribery over payments made by the firm to gain access to Angola's lucrative ...
Siemens Greek bribery scandal, involving cases of bribery on behalf of Siemens towards the Greek Government; Société Générale, derivatives trading scandal causing multibillion-euro losses; Southwest Airlines, violations of safety regulations; SunTrust Banks, "claims of shoddy mortgage lending, servicing and foreclosure practices." [37]