Posts Tagged ‘corruption’
Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption (AP)
AP – Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics.
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Alan Hevesi denied parole for corruption
ALBANY — Disgraced former state Controller Alan Hevesi was denied his first attempt at parole Thursday and will spend at least another year behind bars, the Daily News has learned.
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Blagojevich found guilty of 17 of 20 corruption charges
Rod Blagojevich’s next reality TV show is likely to be a prison drama. The helmet-haired former Illinois governor and Celebrity Apprentice castmember was convicted Monday of trying to sell or trade President Obama’s old Senate seat and a raft of other corruption charges.
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Haiti moves toward corruption trial for Duvalier (AP)
AP – A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ouster, a lawyer for the ex-strongman said Tuesday.
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Iran corruption claims stoke political infighting (AP)
AP – Corruption charges against one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s most trusted political advisers provided the latest evidence of deep rifts within the Iranian president’s own conservative political camp.
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Cuomo gets tough in war on state govt. corruption
Andrew Cuomo threatened yesterday to turn investigators loose on the Legislature unless lawmakers in the notoriously dysfunctional Capitol clean up their act.
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Ex-Controller Alan Hevesi to plead guilty to felony corruption charge in pay-to-play scandal: source
ALBANY – Disgraced ex-Controller Alan Hevesi is expected to plead guilty to a felony corruption charge for his role in a massive pay-to-play pension fund scandal.
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