A nearly $1 million bribery and kickback scheme could land 12 current and former Detroit principals and one administrator in prison. Federal investigators say 74-year-old businessman Norman Shy is at the center of the scandal.
Federal officials say from April 2005 to March 2006, Scott demanded and accepted bribes from an electrical and technology company in Bedford Heights. The company then got Scott’s support for a development project. Also, in August of 2006, the company hired Scott’s son and in March of 2007, gave Scott about two-thousand dollars in cash, […]
(NIGERIA-Talking Points Memo) Halliburton will pay Nigeria $35 Million to settle a bribery dispute with its former CEO, Dick Cheney, the ex-Vice President of The United States Of America. Talking Points Memo reports: US oil services group Halliburton agreed to pay Nigeria 35 million dollars to settle a bribery dispute which led to charges being […]
Nigeria — Dick Cheney will be charged by Nigerian authorities in a bribery case involving his former employer, Halliburton according to the Huffington Post: An arrest warrant “will be issued and transmitted through Interpol,” said Godwin Obla, the prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The charges center on an alleged […]
Federal prosecutors charged County Auditor Frank Russo in a 21-count information filed this morning in U.S. District Court in Cleveland. Russo, 60, of Bratenahl, resigned early today. He is expected to plead guilty to bribery and obstruction charges, according to sources, based on an agreement that would resolve all issues related to both the longtime Democratic politician and […]
The German-based car company Daimler and three of its subsidiaries have been accused of paying bribes to a large number of foreign governments. Daimler, which makes Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, is said to have made payments from 1998 to 2008. The US Justice Department has accused the company of paying tens of millions of dollars […]
Nicholas A. Zavarella has been charged with bribing Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora with free masonry work in exchange for favors that included helping a relative of Zavarella’s obtain two different teaching jobs in the county. The charge, the latest in the ongoing probe in public corruption in Cuyahoga County, was filed this morning in […]
