NYC nonprofit boss took $2.5M in bribes to steer city COVID funds to businesses: feds
The founder of a New York City nonprofit has pocketed $2.5 million worth of bribery bes, including two homes, luxury car loan payments and a stack of cash, to get two shady businessmen $51 million In exchange for piloting Covid funds, federal prosecutors argued. Julio Medina, 64, founder and CEO of Exodus Transitional Community, said […]
WaPo columnist suggests Trump may use $TRUMP token to take foreign bribes
Washington Post columnist Katherine Rampel claimed in a column Tuesday that President Donald Trump may use a new virtual currency called the $TRUMP coin to accept bribes from foreign governments. Mr. Lampel blamed the purchaser. Presidential Cryptocurrency“The challenge now for anyone who bought these coins is that if they want to cash out, they have […]
Mayor Eric Adams’ former top aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin traded favors with NYC hoteliers in exchange for bribes, including $100K Porsche for DJ son: DA
Ingrid Lewis Martin, the brash consigliere of embattled Mayor Eric Adams, was accused Thursday of arranging favors with two New York City hoteliers in exchange for bribes. That included a $100,000 loan for DJ's son to buy a Porsche. A long-awaited indictment in Manhattan Supreme Court indicts Lewis Martin, his son Glenn Martin II, hotelier […]
Biden Lifts Sentence For Former Ohio Dem Official Convicted Of Taking Bribes, Corruption
President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned a former Ohio Democratic Party official who was convicted on charges related to nearly a decade of bribery. Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora received $166,000 worth of property, including “cash, home improvements, lavish meals at high-end restaurants, services from prostitutes, gambling trips to Las Vegas and Canada, and […]
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 […]