Tag: corruption
Dem lawmakers object to hearing, citing ‘Trump’s crypto corruption’
Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), led Democratic lawmakers out of a joint hearing on digi [...]
US stablecoin bill loses democrats amid Trump corruption concerns
Democratic lawmakers in Washington are backing off support for crypto legislation amid heightened concerns over corruption, including the conduct of t [...]
Tulip Siddiq attacks ‘false’ Bangladesh corruption allegations
Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her.In a letter to [...]
Justice Dept. Moving to Downsize Units Investigating Fraud and Corruption
The plans, which have not been finalized, are the latest effort by the Trump administration to limit the ability of prosecutors to bring sensitive and [...]
Chief Corruption Prosecutor Resigns From Justice Dept.
Corey Amundson chose to leave the department after being told he was being reassigned by the Trump administration to a position related to immigration [...]
Minister Tulip Siddiq named in Bangladesh corruption probe
A Labour minister has been named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn (Tk 590 billion) from infrastructure projects in Ba [...]
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud.Tom Hayhoe's first task will be revi [...]
A Writer Sees Leniency in the Supreme Court’s Approach to Public Corruption
A Georgetown law professor argues that five rulings by the justices in recent years have allowed behavior that is “sketchy as hell” and meant to make [...]
Corruption review finds ‘red flags’ in more than 130 Covid contracts
An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during t [...]
Blockchains Can Insulate Your Business From Global Instability and Corruption
Most companies, especially big ones, have little choice other than to play by the rules, however arbitrary they might be. This is one of the reasons c [...]
Supreme Court Rules Public Corruption Law Allows Gifts to Officials
The court, which has limited the sweep of several anti-corruption laws, distinguished after-the-fact rewards from before-the-fact bribes.
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UAW President Shawn Fain under investigation by federal monitor
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain testifies about the toll of working hours on laborers before the Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and [...]
Fat Brands, chair Andy Wiederhorn indicted in $47 million loan scheme
Federal authorities on Friday charged Fat Brands and its chair Andy Wiederhorn of committing a brazen scheme that netted him $47 million in bogus loan [...]
Teesworks: Inquiry finds ‘no evidence of corruption’ at site
In one case the panel looked at how private property developers have ended up owning 90% of the site. The report says they put no money into the schem [...]
Alec Baldwin charged again in 2021 ‘Rust’ movie set shooting
An image of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died after being shot by Alec Baldwin on the set of his movie "Rust", is displayed at a vigil in her [...]