Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for disgraced former NJ Senator Bob Menendez after bribery conviction

Federal prosecutors say disgraced former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez should be jailed for 15 years after being found guilty of a “prolonged bribery and highly significant foreign influence scheme.” said. On Friday, prosecutors filed a 108-page brief outlining their case for sentencing Menendez and fellow former convicts Wael Hana and Fred Dives. At the […]
NYC Mayor Adams’ ex-aid Ingrid Lewis-Martin hosts NYC toy drive, sings Beyoncé’s ‘Cuff It’ — day after she was hit with bribery charges

Now she is in a giving spirit. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Eric Adams' former chief of staff, hosted the annual toy drive in Brooklyn Friday night and belted out the lyrics to Beyoncé's “Cuff It” at karaoke. It was the day after she was charged with providing favors to two newcomers. A York City hotelier in […]
Eric Adams’ ex-top aide indicted on bribery charges in latest corruption case involving mayor’s circle

Ingrid Lewis Martin, former chief advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Democratic), was indicted Thursday on bribery, money laundering and conspiracy charges. In anticipation of the impending situation indictmentLewis Martin resigned on Sunday. “Twisting the facts” “The pieces of the puzzle are going to be put together to make it look as horrifying […]
NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin surrenders to authorities on bribery charges

Ingrid Lewis Martin, a top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, turned herself in to authorities early Thursday morning to face potential bribery charges. This makes him the most high-profile city official to face charges since Mayor Adams was indicted on federal corruption charges in late September. . Lewis Martin, who appeared in […]
Judge denies Eric Adams’s request to dismiss his bribery charge

A judge denied New York City Mayor Eric Adams' request to dismiss the bribery charges. In a 30-page decision handed down Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho said Adams was correct in arguing that the government's claims in his case did not meet the legal standard for bribery. […]
FBI Informant Pleads Guilty To False Claims Of $10M Bribery Payments To Joe And Hunter Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden (from left) walks with his son Hunter Biden (R), grandson Beau, and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen Biden after lunch in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 29, 2024. 2nd). (Photo courtesy of MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff James Myers8:54am – Thursday, December 12, 2024 An FBI informant said Thursday that a Ukrainian […]
FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about $10M Biden bribery payments to Joe, Hunter

An FBI informant was found guilty Thursday of lying about a $10 million bribe a Ukrainian businessman paid to then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter to “protect” his company from an impending corruption investigation. acknowledged. Alexander Smirnov, 43, entered into a plea deal with special counsel David Weiss, confessing to creating “false and […]
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted over alleged bribery

Gautam Adani, chairman of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world's richest men, has been indicted in New York on charges of a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, US prosecutors announced Wednesday. did. Authorities have targeted Adani and two other Adani Green Energy executives, nephews Sagar Adani and Vneet Jain, for a solar energy supply […]
'Fat Leonard' Francis sentenced to 15 years in massive military bribery scandal

Former Navy contractor Leonard Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” who masterminded one of the U.S. military's largest bribery scandals, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for his role in the scheme, federal prosecutors said. Ta. U.S. District Judge Janice Sammartino sentenced Francisco to 164 months in prison for bribery and fraud and […]
Kremlin sowing chaos with bomb threats and bribery to thwart Moldova’s vote to join EU, authorities say

Buying voters, calling bomb threats and paying protesters to antagonize police are tactics used by the Kremlin to thwart Moldova's upcoming elections, authorities say. are. The small former Soviet state is embroiled in a battle between pro-Russian and pro-European factions ahead of an Oct. 20 referendum on whether to vote for a new president and […]