bribery

The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy’s biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself. U-Haul trucks were seen at his home in a tony San Diego neighborhood before Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared.

A New York City electrical company that had contracts with multiple city authorities allegedly falsified payroll reports, hired unqualified non-union labor at a fraction of the prevailing wage and bribed investigators to cover up its tracks, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. The DA’s office and the city Department of Investigation allege that Samco Electrical Corp., principals Silvano...

Tencent’s latest investigation comes as China scrutinizes the practices of the its internet titans and tightens regulation.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 17 months in prison for bribing postal workers to steal packages. Jabre Beauvoir, 23, had pleaded guilty in June to one count of bribery. U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty imposed the sentence Tuesday and also ordered Beauvoir to pay restitution of about $24,000. The U.S. attorney’s office alleged that in the summer of…

Two current NYPD officers and one former NYPD officer have been arrested by the FBI and NYPD Internal Affairs on bribery- and conspiracy-related charges for allegedly steering department towing jobs to a single company. Jonathan Dienst reports.

Two current NYPD officers and one former NYPD officer have been arrested by the FBI and NYPD Internal Affairs on bribery- and conspiracy-related charges for allegedly steering department towing jobs to a single company. Jonathan Dienst reports.

Two current NYPD officers and one former NYPD officer have been arrested by the FBI and NYPD Internal Affairs on bribery- and conspiracy-related charges for allegedly steering department towing jobs to a single company. All three, including a former officer who retired last year, worked out of the 107th Precinct in Queens. Those charged include former NYPD officer Michael Perri…

Eric Goldstein, the former CEO of NYC’s School Support Services, is accused of taking bribes from suppliers and self-dealing by allegedly taking part in a meat supply company that sold products back to NYC schools.

Some chicken ordered from a meat supply company run in-part by Eric Goldstein allegedly contained “foreign objects being found in products” including “plastic,” and in one case, a city “DOE employee choked on a bone” found in a chicken tender.

In a corruption crackdown, prosecutors claim nine contractors offered bribes to fix up NYCHA buildings since 2018. a NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst shows how investigators caught the alleged acts s part of a sting operation.

The Brooklyn district attorney and the city’s Department of Investigation announced charges Monday against more than a half-dozen contractors they say allegedly tried to bribe NYCHA supervisors to win contracts in Brooklyn public housing developments. Nine contractors surrendered Monday morning to face charges of bribery in the third degree. If convicted, they face up to seven years in jail....

New Jersey officials did not violate the state constitution when they took the full pension earned by a municipal inspector who admitted taking a $300 bribe.