Politics

Former Detroit Public Library Contractor Indicted for Bribery of a Public Official

James Henley, a former contractor with the Detroit Public Library (DPL), was charged in an indictment for bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced on Thursday.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deports 3 Colombians convicted of conspiracy to export fighter jet engines to Iran

Three Colombian nationals were deported Monday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). They were convicted of conspiracy to fraudulently attempt to export airplane engines used in F-5...

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Virginia Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Role in Bribery and Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contracts

Lee A. Khan, 32, of Fairfax, Virginia, was sentenced for Thursday to 37 months in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme meant to keep law enforcement from learning about a larger conspiracy involving bribery, kickbacks, and federal...

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Thirteen Former West Texas Prison Employees Indicted for Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Smuggling Contraband into Federal Detention Facility

Federal authorities arrested 12 former Ector County Correctional Center (ECCC) guards and one former ECCC employee Wednesday's morning for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility...

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Former Maryland Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice

Ryan Lohr, 26, a former correctional officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to obstruct justice and destroy evidence from a March 9, 2008 assault of an inmate by RCI...

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Ex-TSA Officer Sentenced for Conspiring to Smuggle Drugs Through Hartsfield-Jackson

Two now-former TSA officers who conspired and attempted to smuggle drugs through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport security have been sentenced by United States District Judge Charles Pannell. Wednesday, Richard C. Cook, II, 28, of Henry County...

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Former New York State Senator from Queens Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud State of More Than $87,000

Earlier Wednesday, at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, New York, former New York State Senator Shirley Huntley plchaeaded guilty to a criminal information charging her with conspiracy to commit mail...

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New Jersey Businessman Indicted on Tax Charges

Mark Olkowski, 62, of North Wildwood, New Jersey, a business partner in K&O Sports, was indicted Tuesday on tax charges, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. K&O sports, on Moyamensing Avenue, is a South Philadelphia...

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