On Thursday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with a Virginia grand jury, indicted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on a combined 32 counts of criminal charges. These charges range from filing false tax returns, all the way up to conspiracy to defraud multiple banks of more than $22 million through loans. Manafort was also accused of funneling as much as $30 million through offshore banks in order to conceal it from the United States. These charges will be added to the previous 12 charges they received late last year. If convicted, both men will likely spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison.…
Latin America has long been fighting an uphill battle against corruption. From colonization, to authoritarian systems, and then further to democratization, corruption has plagued and dominated Latin American societies. One may assume that corruption is mainly found within the political systems of Latin America, but rather, corruption besets the personal lives of its citizens as well. One instance of many corrupt scandals is the Petrobras Scandal. The scandal now involving Brazil’s president involves thirty four sitting politicians who are suspected of participating in a multi-billion-dollar bribery scandal within the energy company Petrobras (Economist).…
Markus Fleenor [Upload on the Assignments Page as an attachment ] The test covers both the material in the text book as well as the Instructor’s Comments. Always give specific, historical examples to justify your arguments. Read and follow the directions for each question carefully.…
Factual and Background Count one of the superseding indictment alleges that defendant knowingly and intentionally made a false, fictitious and fraudulent statement to a Federal Agent about her personal knowledge of Joey L. Brunson, being in the vicinity of her residence at 401 Walker Dr. On February 9, 2016. Special Agent Greenan of the F.B.I states in the criminal complaint that he wrote with no corroboration of any reliable evidence that on the date in question a 2006 BMW 750. Registered to the defendant (Pagan Barnes) arrived at her home at approx. 10:57 a.m. And left at approx..…
Will, Good post with an example of a speech by Lysias, Defense against a Charge of Taking Bribes. You said this speech does provide good insight into how Greek culture continues to parallel good behavior in one’s personal life and good behavior in public policy. I am confused because one can have a very good character rand morale in his or her private life, which is mostly at home and around his or her relatives and friends, although he/she can have a mean and deceptive character in the public sphere. Could it be? According to this speech by Lysias, Defense against a Charge of Taking Bribes, he defends himself, but it does not seem that he got some solid evidences to show his innocence.…
For six years Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan were using their authority to benefit themselves. Kids for Cash was a scandal, which consisted of kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas that was located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kickbacks are a form of corruption when law-enforcement seeks personal gain, such as money through the abuse of their power. These two judges were convicted for receiving millions of dollars by the owners of PA Child Care. The reason they were being paid was because they had an agreement to send kids to the facilities owned by Robert Mericle.…
The new methods of campaigning introduced by Adams and Jackson in the elections of 1824 and 1828 were the corrupt bargain and mud-sling. The corrupt bargain happened when Adams and Henry Clay made a deal to bring down Jackson because he had the most popularity votes out Adams and Clay. Then later Jackson's followers accused them of the corrupt bargain and stealing the election. Then the corrupt bargain and unpopular policies casted a shadow over Adams presidency. Then during the champagning they would use a mudsling method that were basically attempts to ruin their opponent’s reputation with insults.…
On the day of the election Capone’s men cased the opposing candidate with guns. Witnesses were present but refused to testify against Capone. All charges were dropped (Pineapple Primary). In contrast Arnold Rothstein sought to make money without violence. He started his smuggling in eastern Long Island by bribing a local coast guard commander.…
“I Am Not a Crook” Political leaders of the United States were once idolized. However, the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and the Vietnam War made the public wary of their government’s internal motives. In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, who were linked to President Richard M. Nixon. The public’s opinion of a corrupt government was solidified. Politics and journalism changed forever.…
Former governor Bob McDonnell and wife are found guilty in the trail for conspiracy, corruption and bribery. Bob McDonnell is the former governor for Virginia and has been accused of 11 different counts relating to the conspiracy charges. As for his wife, she was brought up on 8 of those 11 conspiracy charges, also one charge of obstruction of official proceeding. Bob McDonnell was also brought up on two counts of false statements on bank loans, and as for his wife she was brought up on one count of that. Neither of them were found guilty of it.…
Jack Abramoff was the top lobbyist in D.C. from 1994 to 2001 and was involved in arguably one of the largest scandals in American history. This scandal involved many other people and some main players were Michael Scanlon, Adam Kidan, Ralph Reed, Tom Delay, and Bob Ney. All of these people either received bribes, gave out bribes, or were involved in some other type of illegal activity. Abramoff’s scandal was based mainly around his lobbying work with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and their interests in owning casinos and gambling. His first job in 1995 was to eliminate the bill that was charging an unrelated sales tax to the Native Americans casinos.…
There is major corruption occurring in the police departments. Although all officers are not corrupt; they are often found guilty of violations of their code of conduct. The violations they are normally found guilty of are bribery, theft, perjury, extortion, and selective enforcement. In 2010, it was reported that 4,861 incidents of misconduct were tracked. Also, there were 247 fatalities that occurred in 2010 that was related to the tracked reports…
The Gilded in America is the time period following after the civil war; the name, originates from the historical fiction book, “The Gilded Age”, written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner the book gives us a very good picture of the era of that time and how the thin covering represented all the great ideas and businesses (i.e. the railroad) was profitable but that what lay beneath it all was corrupt and a nation that desired materialism. What were some of the problems in the Gilded Age? In the book, American History, Stobaugh writes, “The Gilded Age was a period of obscene materialism and blatant political corruption in U.S. history. It was a time of massive industrialization and serious social problems.” With the title, The Gilded…
Managing the Risks of Global, Bribery in Business Case Analysis for ACCT 6390 – Spring 2016 Ebraheem Almakrami The issue of bribery has long been considered unethical and unfair. This classification led people to invest in finding ways to justify bribery differently based on their culture. Bribery could be descried as gifts in many countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In other parts of the world like Brazil, Russia, India, and China, bribery is looked at as business expense. The issue of bribery is complicated and requires clear distinction between right and wrong, between gifts and bribes.…
Judicial corruption in the eyes of its innocent victims, is wrongdoing by someone in power that can be life changing. People can be fined unfair fees or watch someone who stole from them go free. However, for the judges getting the extra cash or making a decision because of personal bias, a case in which corruption occurs can be part of a normal day, and no one would ever know. Corruption is much more oblivious in other countries around the world. For example, in Azerbaijan, a prisoner can be released quickly, by a simple threat or a luxurious offer without doubt or question from anyone around.…