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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 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 […]