NYC mom paid $14K in bribes to sneak weed, blades to son jailed inside juvenile facility: feds
A Brooklyn mother paid $14,000 in bribes to juvenile detention officials to secretly supply her son with marijuana and meth while he was incarcerated at the facility, authorities said Thursday. Jessica Alicia, 44, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to bribery charges for allegedly smuggling marijuana and knives to troubled children on more than 130 […]
Trayon White Cruises To Re-Election After Getting Caught On Camera Allegedly Taking Wads Of Cash In Bribes
A Democratic D.C. City Council member previously indicted on bribery charges won re-election in a landslide Tuesday night. Trayon White Sr. won with approximately 76% of the vote. According to to the DC Board of Elections. This is: @trayonwhite According to a tally, he secured re-election with approximately 76% of the vote. @Vote4DC. I'm currently […]
Mexican official who led war on drugs jailed for 38 years for accepting bribes | US news
Genaro García Luna, the official who for years led Mexico's fight against the violent drug trade, has been sentenced to more than 38 years in prison in the United States for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to be fighting. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan announced the ruling Wednesday during a hearing in […]
Mayor Eric Adams INDICTED for $10 million in bribes
Mayor Eric Adams is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, but he became the first sitting mayor in New York history to be charged with a crime. The indictment alleges that Mayor Adams received $10 million in illegal donations and bribes. U.S. prosecutors allege he solicited and accepted gifts and donations from […]
Maduro Bribes Venezuelans with $4.50 ‘Grant’ Days Before Sham Election
Venezuela’s socialist government this week Future plans The fake presidential election of July 28th. The $4.50 bonus, like other “generous” financial aid of a similar nature, is part of the Maduro regime’s “Social Protection” welfare program. The money is being distributed randomly throughout the week to users of the Maduro regime’s “Motherland” platform, a system […]
Bob Menendez lawyer tells jurors there is no direct evidence linking senator to bribes
Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) defense attorney tried to rip a hole in the government’s case against the senator, telling jurors there was no direct evidence tying him to allegations of bribery and corruption. Adam Fee, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the same office that is prosecuting Menendez, said during closing arguments on Tuesday that the government is “asking […]
NY jail workers and officers pocketed bribes to sneak weed to inmates: prosecutors
Westchester County Jail officials, including current and former corrections officers, have been indicted on bribery charges in a long-running contraband scam, prosecutors announced Thursday. Two prison guards, a former corrections officer and two prison commissary employees have been indicted on charges they allegedly sneaked marijuana and other contraband to inmates and pocketed thousands of dollars […]
Jury Convicts Border Patrol Agent Of Taking Bribes To Let Drug Smugglers Into US
A jury convicted a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on June 10 of accepting bribes to let drug traffickers smuggle narcotics into the United States, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Leonard Darnell George was found to have worked with two different criminal enterprises to allow unauthorized individuals into the country, according […]
New Jersey businessman testifies he promised up to $250,000 in bribes for Sen. Bob Menendez’s help
A New Jersey businessman took the lead witness position in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday, telling jurors he made a $200,000 to $250,000 deal with the congressman in 2018 to pressure the New Jersey attorney general’s office to drop an investigation into his friends and family. Jose Uribe testified in Manhattan […]
Retired four-star admiral charged with accepting bribes for contracts
A former vice chief of naval operations was arrested Friday on charges he accepted bribes to steer government contracts to companies in exchange for future work while in office, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced. statement. Former Navy Adm. Robert Burke, 62, of Coconut Creek, Fla., and New York business executives Yong-chol “Charlie” Kim and […]