Smartmatic Executive Alleged to Have Bribed Senior Venezuelan Election Official
Federal Charges Against Roger Piñate A federal prosecutor in South Florida has filed significant charges against Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan-American technology executive and co-founder of Smartmatic, a voting technology company. The allegations suggest that he and Tibisai Lucena Ramirez, the long-serving head of the National Election Council (CNE), were involved in secretly coordinating control over […]
John Deere bribed Thai officials with trips to massage parlors
The John Deere tractor maker has agreed to pay a $10 million fine to the U.S. government for allegedly lavishing luxury trips and visits to massage parlours on Thai government officials, reaping more than $4 million in bribes from its subsidiaries. Deere & Co. reached a settlement on Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
NJ businessman Jose Uribe testifies that he bribed ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez with a Mercedes-Benz
A New Jersey businessman testified Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, telling jurors in the state Democrat’s federal corruption trial that he offered the lawmaker’s wife a Mercedes-Benz to drop a criminal investigation. “She agreed to the terms” Jose Uribe He spoke to the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. In March 2019, Nadine Menendez […]