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William J. Jefferson corruption case [35] Democrat: John Jenrette: House of Representatives: South Carolina 1980: Federal official bribery Abscam [36] Democrat: Thomas Francis Johnson: House of Representatives: Maryland 1963: Federal official conflict-of-interest and conspiracy to defraud the United States United States v. Johnson (1966) [37 ...
Whiskey Ring was a massive corruption of Ulysses S. Grant's (R) administration involving whiskey taxes, bribery and kickbacks ending with 110 convictions. (1875) [ 45 ] Orville E. Babcock (R), a personal secretary to Grant, was indicted in the Whiskey Ring scandal and ten days later in the Safe Burglary Conspiracy.
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 listed).
At the time, it was described as one of the most sweeping corruption cases in Ohio’s history. Dimora was released to home confinement in June 2023 after having served nearly 12 years. His ...
In 2019, the CCP launched roughly 555,000 domestic corruption cases in 11 months, according to CCDI and CCP National Supervisory Commission data. ... The Reddit-famous 'Big Mama's' secret cinnamon ...
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.
A judge approved a plea deal in a long-running corruption case involving former L.A. County assessor John Noguez. Then he reconsidered.
Jim Traficant (D-OH) was found guilty on ten felony counts of financial corruption, sentenced to eight years in prison and expelled from the House of Representatives (2002). [139] Bill Janklow (R-SD) was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. Resigned from the House and given 100 days in the ...