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The Oklahoma county commissioners scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States.Brought to light in the 1980s through the OKSCAM investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the investigation resulted in hundreds of people being charged with taking kickbacks or stealing public money. [1]
State Representative Robert J. Fisher (R), was convicted of soliciting a $1,000 bribe from Carter County Sheriff George Papantoniou to kill a state bill the sheriff opposed. Fisher was given a $500 fine and a 30-day suspended sentence and was expelled from the State Senate by a vote of 92–1 (1980) [48] [49]
In 1980, Daxon cooperated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its probe of many Oklahoma county commissioners. By the end of the investigation in 1984, more than 200 people (mostly county commissioners) from 60 of Oklahoma's 77 counties had been convicted of crimes.
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Del City officials turned in last week what they thought would be enough signatures to have an Oklahoma County commissioner investigated by a grand jury. Now, however, uncertainty over how many ...
Instead, she said the county's budget board in 2013 prioritized a $17.5 million remodel of the Krowse Building (including about $5 million in ARPA funds), which Oklahoma County began using as the ...
Keating served from 1981 until 1983, serving for part of that time as chairman of all U.S. Attorneys. During this time, he was one of three US Attorneys in Oklahoma handling the Oklahoma county commissioners scandal, which resulted in conviction of 230 people, including 110 county commissioners, for public corruption. [7]
An Oklahoma county commissioner who was secretly recorded reportedly talking about killing reporters and lynching Black residents after a public meeting has resigned, according to the governor’s ...