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Ranking the veeps
Today's question: Give us your list of best and worst vice presidents in recent history. Previously, Lichtman and Edwards debated the proper role of the vice president, discussed how history might treat Dick Cheney and digested the current candidates'...Tags: George H.W. Bush, National Government, Aaron Burr, John Nance, Dick Cheney
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Inspector admits lying in bribery probe
A former Chicago plumbing inspector has pleaded guilty in federal court to lying to a postal inspector as part of a federal investigation of bribery. Forty-one-year-old Eric Reyes told U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle on Wednesday that he knowingly...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Punishment
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Former city plumbing inspector admits lying in bribery probe
A former plumbing inspector for Chicago's Buildings Department pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to lying to a postal inspector as part of a federal investigation of bribery. Eric Reyes, 41, admitted to U.S. District Judge Charles Norgle that...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Punishment
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Authorities have Tillman in their sights again
For two decades, Milton N. Tillman Jr. has sold himself as a successful Baltimore businessman wrongly and repeatedly targeted by the law. "Can't get no justice in this city," he told a judge who ordered his nightclub called Odells to remain shut in...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Corporate Crime, State Budgets, Court Administration
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Prosecutors Seek 7-Year Prison Term For Trash Hauler
A Connecticut trash hauler created an empire through violence and mob muscle, stifling competition for nearly two decades and driving up the rates that customers paid, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. James Galante should be sent to prison for more than...Tags: Prosecution, Employees, Organized Crime, Corporate Crime, Court Administration
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Feds seek 7-year prison sentence for trash hauler
Associated Press WriterA Connecticut trash hauler created an empire through violence and mob muscle, stifling competition for nearly two decades and driving up rates paid by customers, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. James Galante should be sent to prison for more than...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Prisons, Employees, Organized Crime
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6 indicted in bribery case
Two U.S. military personnel and four contractors have been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges involving Department of Defense contracts in Afghanistan. The federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in Chicago also names two contracting companies that...Tags: Corporate Crime
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Too late for charges in NY oil bribery case
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate charges against a businessman accused of offering hundreds of millions of dollars to top officials in Azerbaijan in exchange for favorable treatment in oil deals. In its ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Economy, Government, Corporate Crime
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Former inspector for Chicago convicted of attempted extortion
Chicago Tribune reporterA federal jury on Thursday convicted a former supervisory plumbing inspector of attempted extortion in a videotaped sting that saw an underling pass him $500 he thought was coming from a corrupt contractor. Gregory Toran was found guilty after the jury...Tags: Corruption, Trials, Organized Crime, Corporate Crime
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Melville man pleads in power plant kickback scheme
robert.kessler@newsday.comA Melville man who was a purchasing agent for a mammoth power plant in Queens pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting $167,000 in bribes and kickbacks from a plant's vendor, according to federal officials. Edward Goldblatt, a former purchasing warehouse...Tags: State Budgets, Trials, Personal Income, Corporate Crime, Melville
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Former city inspector testifies he took bribes and gave a portion to his supervisor
Chicago Tribune reporterA one-time City of Chicago plumbing inspector testified Tuesday that he took bribes "almost daily" from contractors and passed a cut of some of the payoffs to his supervisor in the Buildings Department. Travis Echols, testifying at the trial of the...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Corporate Crime
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Jurors of Chicago inspections supervisor view alleged exchange of cash
Chicago Tribune reporterCity inspector Travis Echols wandered toward his boss' desk as he said he had done before , telling the supervisor he was fresh from a building site with a pocketful of bribe money from a contractor who needed him to look the other way. "I got a...Tags: Corruption, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Corporate Crime
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