Pakistan turmoil deepens as court orders PM's arrest
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister on Tuesday on corruption allegations, ratcheting up pressure on a government that is also facing street protests led by a cleric who...
View ArticleSpain's ruling party to probe alleged corruption
Spain's governing Popular Party announced Saturday that it will investigate the financial activities of a former treasurer whom a court said had amassed an unexplained €22 million ($29 million) in...
View ArticleEx-Cudahy Mayor David Silva gets prison in bribery
The former city leader is given a 1-year sentence, plus probation, community service and must pay $17,000 in restitution... A former Cudahy mayor was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for...
View ArticleKwame Kilpatrick, Detroit's most corrupt mayor of all time is found guilty of...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was found guilty of multiple counts of racketeering and extortion, a jury decided Monday. Kilpatrick was convicted of 24 charges, including racketeering,...
View ArticleFlorida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigns from post - connected with $290...
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned amid law enforcement questions about a Florida Internet sweepstakes company at the center of a nationwide criminal investigation. Florida Department of Law...
View ArticleWife says Blagojevich teaching history in prison
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is spending his time in federal prison teaching Civil War history and learning to play the guitar, while his attorneys work on an appeal, his wife said on Friday,...
View ArticleInvestigators search Paris home of IMF chief
A lawyer for IMF chief Christine Lagarde says French investigators have searched her Paris home today as part of an inquiry into her role in a $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a tycoon. The...
View ArticleJurors reach verdicts in Bell, Calif., corruption trial
More than a month after testimony ended, a jury has reached a verdict in the trial of the so-called "Bell 6," who are accused of misappropriation of public funds in a scandal that left a small city...
View ArticleFeds charge Bronx Assemblyman Stevenson, 4 others in new bribe scheme
Feds busted a Bronx assemblyman today for allegedly pocketing envelopes of cash to push legislation in Albany — marking the second corruption case against a state lawmaker this week. Assemblyman Eric...
View ArticleSix politicians plead not guilty in alleged NYC mayor's race plot
New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith and five other politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with an alleged plot to buy a line on New York City's mayoral ballot. The...
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