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Former Chinese Energy chief gets life term for bribery
Liu Tienan, former head of China's National Energy Administration, received a life sentence for bribery by a Langfang, China, court. Liu, 60, was found guilty of taking 36 million yuan in bribes ($5.8 million) while
Read More »Former top Chinese economic planner given life in prison in bribery case
A former deputy head of the agency that steers China's state-dominated economy was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for taking bribes, adding to a growing toll of prominent figures ensnared in a spreading
Read More »Chinese local official jailed for bribery
A former deputy mayor from east China's Anhui Province was sentenced to fourteen-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday for bribery and abuse of power, according to a court ruling.
Read More »Correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery
A correctional officer at a Los Angeles prison has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge after prosecutors say he accepted $1,000 in cash to smuggle a cellphone to an inmate. Luis Borjon entered the
Read More »AMK police officers reject bribery attempt
A woman has been arrested for attempting to bribe three police officers during an anti-vice raid. Officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division swooped in on a residential unit in the vicinity of Wellington Circle,
Read More »Puerto Rico’s Highway Authority Treasurer Is Arrested on Bribery Charges
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested the treasurer of Puerto Rico’s highway authority on charges of bribery. Federal prosecutors in San Juan said the treasurer of the Puerto Rico Highway Authority — a
Read More »Attica Regional Authority workers nabbed for bribery
Two employees of the Attica Regional Authority were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly accepting bribes
Read More »22 traffic officers arrested over bribery
Police traffic boss, Dr. Steven Kasiima said the officers were netted by the alert fraud squad set up recently to rid the department of corruption following numerous complaints by the public about corrupt traffic
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