Nigeria Pardons Ex-Governor Jailed for Corruption
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has pardoned a former state governor who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars while in office. The move has sparked outrage among critics who say the president has abandoned the fight against corruption....
Ex-Khmer Rouge Leader Ieng Sary Dead at 87
Cambodia's United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal says Ieng Sary, a former top official in the brutal Khmer Rouge movement, has died while on trial for genocide and war crimes.
Owner of Tax Preparation Business Sentenced in Alabama to Federal Prison
Bruce King, the founder and operator of Premier Tax, was sentenced Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala., to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $781,305 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for orchestrating a tax fraud scheme at his...
Veteran D.C. Defense Attorney Charles F. Daum Sentenced to Serve 63 Months in Prison for Obstruction of Justice
Veteran District of Columbia defense attorney Charles F. Daum was sentenced Tuesday to serve 63 months in prison on three counts of obstructing justice in a federal drug trafficking case, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of...
Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge
April Johnston, a former corrections officer, pled guilty Tuesday to a federal bribery charge for accepting money to bring contraband into a District of Columbia correctional facility, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen, Jr. and Valerie Parlave...
Tax Preparer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Thomas Thorndike, 62, a Woodbury-based tax preparer, was sentenced Tuesday by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 72 months of...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, His Father Bernard Kilpatrick, and City Contractor Bobby Ferguson Convicted on Racketeering, Extortion, Bribery, Fraud, and Tax Charges part 2
Extortion of Municipal Contractors
At the heart of the conspiracy was a scheme to use the power and authority of Kwame Kilpatrick’s office as mayor of Detroit to extort municipal contractors by coercing them to include Ferguson in public...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, His Father Bernard Kilpatrick, and City Contractor Bobby Ferguson Convicted on Racketeering, Extortion, Bribery, Fraud, and Tax Charges part 1
Monday, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Kwame M. Kilpatrick, 42, of Southlake, Texas, and Bobby W. Ferguson, 44, of Detroit, on charges that they used Kwame Kilpatrick’s positions as mayor of Detroit and Michigan State House...
