Corruption and Bribery

2 Board of Review analysts sentenced to prison for bribery

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A federal judge Wednesday sentenced two half-brothers to prison for taking bribes to fix property tax assessments in Cook County, calling low-level public corruption such as theirs a scourge that damages democratic society. U.S. District

GlaxoSmithKline accused of bribing doctors in Poland

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GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug company embroiled in bribery scandals in China and Iraq, has been accused of bribing doctors in Poland in the latest corruption furore to hit the business. The company, which has made

Ex-Direct Access Officers Charged With Foreign Bribery

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The former chief executive officer of Direct Access Partners LLC and a former partner at the New York-based broker-dealer were charged with operating a bribery scheme involving Venezuela’s state bank

Official jailed for bribery

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An RTA supervisor who stashed Dhs2,000 worth of bribe inside his shoe was sentenced to two years behind bars on Sunday. The Comorian man, MA, 54, was additionally fired from his job and slapped with

Corrupt PC Company HP Cough Up $108M To Make Bribery Allegations Go Away

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The US Government has revealed that Hewlett Packard who has several Australian Government contracts has agreed to pay $108 million to resolve an investigation into corrupt payments to government and commercial enterprise officials who

HP pays $108 million to settle foreign bribery probes

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Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $108 million to resolve wide-ranging U.S. government investigations into whether some of its foreign units bribed government officials to obtain lucrative contracts, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. HP's Russia subsidiary pleaded

L.A. building inspector convicted in bribery will keep city pension

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A veteran Los Angeles building inspector sentenced last month to prison in an FBI corruption case will continue to receive a yearly pension of more than $72,000, according to a high-level retirement official. Samuel In,

Guilty plea in MSC bribery case

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A former vice president of a Chesapeake, Va., government contracting company pleaded guilty April 4 to conspiracy to pay bribes to public officials in exchange for favorable treatment in connection with U.S. government contract