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Police officer jailed for bribery
A police officer convicted of two counts of bribery and two counts of a breach of trust under the Anti-Corruption Law was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the Grand Court Thursday. Justice Charles Quin
Read More »Former BizJet CEO Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case
The former president and chief executive officer of Tulsa-based BizJet International Sales and Support Inc. pleaded guilty today to paying bribes to foreign government officials. Bernd Kowalewski pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tulsa
Read More »Cartel associates get 1-year sentence for bribery
Federal prosecutors say two Mexican citizens have been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for attempting to bribe a federal judge. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement
Read More »Mike Duffy Charged With 31 Offences, Including Fraud, Bribery
With his folksy style and passion for politics, Mike Duffy became a household name as a veteran television journalist — a career that led him to a coveted Conservative seat in Parliament's upper chamber. All
Read More »Greek heart surgeon arrested on bribery charges
Greek authorities have arrested a heart surgeon in a major Athens hospital on charges of bribery and blackmail for allegedly demanding money in order to perform urgent surgery, police said Thursday. The 59-year-old doctor, who
Read More »Former official receives life sentence for bribery
Wang Suyi, a former senior official from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, a local court in Beijing announced on Thursday. Wang was also deprived of
Read More »AFP officer charged over alleged bribes
An Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer accused of selling information to a member of the public has been charged with a dozen bribery and corruption offences. The 43-year-old, from Epping in Sydney's north-west, was on
Read More »Doctor admits role in medical lab bribery scheme
Another doctor has pleaded guilty in a long-running bribes-for-test referrals scheme involving a northern New Jersey firm. Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say 47-year-old Peter Deplas of Glen Head, New York pleaded guilty Tuesday to
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