Bribery

World News

In a remote Indian state, trading cash and gifts for votes is an open secret

1:31pm May 31, 2024

by Omkar Khandekar

India's election commission says bribery is one of the biggest challenges to free and fair elections. In tiny Arunachal Pradesh, some voters receive the equivalent of up to a year's average earnings.

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin leaves the U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday in New York City.

New York's lieutenant governor resigns after being charged with bribery and fraud

3:49am April 13, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Brian Benjamin surrendered to the FBI Tuesday morning. His case is being handled by the Southern District Court of New York.

FirstEnergy Corp., which has operated the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, for years, was at the center of a bribery scheme that included Ohio lobbyists and political officials.

An Energy Company Behind A Major Bribery Scandal In Ohio Will Pay A $230 Million Fine

1:08pm July 23, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

FirstEnergy Corp. agreed to pay as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. Acting U.S. Attorney Vipal Patel calls it the "largest criminal penalty ever collected" by his office

Politics & Government

Trump Pardons Former NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes

5:19pm January 20, 2021

by Paul Garber

In one of his last acts of public office, now former President Trump issued a series of pardons, and one of the beneficiaries is disgraced former North Carolina GOP Chairman Robin Hayes.

David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, shown here at a business roundtable in New York last year, is among several executives at the bank who will have to give back part of their pay.

World News

Goldman Sachs Executives Will Have To Return Millions In Pay Over Bribery Scandal

4:19pm October 22, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

The blue chip bank will claw back hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from current and former executives over a financial scandal in Malaysia.

Politics & Government

Prosecutors Back Probation For Former NC GOP Chair Hayes

9:14pm August 10, 2020

by Associated Press

Prosecutors have asked a judge to give a former North Carolina congressman no prison time for lying to the FBI about his role in an effort to try to bribe the state's top insurance regulator with l

Impeachable offenses were listed on a monitor as the House Judiciary Committee listened to testimony by constitutional scholars earlier this week.

Politics & Government

Democrats Are Going To Impeach Trump — Here's How They Might Do It

2:50pm December 07, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

Democrats are going forward with impeachment against President Trump. During a hearing this week, they tipped their hand about the three articles they might bring forward.

U.S. Education Dept. Begins Probe of 8 Schools In Bribery Case, Including WFU

11:59am March 27, 2019

by Associated Press

Eight universities embroiled in a massive college admission cheating scheme are now being investigated by the U.S. Education Department.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted expensive gifts in exchange for favors.

World News

Israeli Police Push For Prime Minister Netanyahu's Indictment On Corruption Charges

7:58pm February 13, 2018

After more than a year of investigations into bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust allegations, officials have recommended that prosecutors pursue the cases.

President Trump, shown speaking to reporters at the White House, has called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act a "ridiculous" law.

Trump Used To Disparage An Anti-Bribery Law; Will He Enforce It Now?

5:41am November 08, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a 1977 U.S. law, bars payoffs to foreign officials by companies. Its global reach has helped fight corruption. But the law has critics, including President Trump.