bribery

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is raising the stakes after accusing Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA)(NASDAQ:PARAA) of potential bribery in its settlement with President Donald Trump. Here's who the senator believes could be bribing the president for favorable outcomes. What Happened: Several public...

Former Senator Bob Menendez was handed an 11-year prison term for accepting bribes, including gold bars, and foreign agent offenses, in return for political favors on Wednesday. What Happened: U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein pronounced the sentence, following the former democratic senator’s...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from NetEase. NetEase Inc’s (NASDAQ:NTES) NetEase Games, one of China's leading gaming companies, is facing a corruption scandal. According to reports from Bloomberg Law, the company's General Manager Xiang Lang, along with...

Billionaire and former Glencore CEO Alex Beard charged with corruption in UK along with four others, accused of making corrupt payments in West Africa. A British billionaire who made a fortune while working for a top commodities company was charged with corruption on Thursday. The company...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who once denounced Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as an "ideal choice for criminals," was found guilty of accepting bribes in gold and fiat currency during his corruption trial. What Happened: In a press release shared by the Department of Justice Tuesday, Attorney Damian...

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, have been charged with accepting approximately $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijani government-owned oil company and a Mexican bank, the Justice Department announced on Friday. What Happened: The Cuellars were charged with multiple...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine are set to face a trial for bribery and corruption charges in May 2024. As reported by CNBC on Monday, a federal judge has scheduled the trial to kick off May 6, 2024. Menendez and his wife are accused of accepting significant bribes in return for the...

A fourth person pleaded guilty on Friday in an ongoing federal investigation of bribery at the now-defunct Michigan marijuana licensing board. Brian Pierce pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit bribery charge in a federal courtroom in Grand Rapids, reported local media. Pierce, along with...

Genaro García Luna, once Mexico's security minister with close ties to the DEA and US government, was found guilty of taking millions of dollars in bribes from Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel while supposedly working to break up Mexico’s violent drug gangs. García Luna,...