Congressman faces international graft charges
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U.S. Rep. William Jefferson has been charged with  soliciting bribes and obstructing justice in a corruption scam spanning at least two continents, Justice Department officials said Monday. He allegedly sought bribes from government and business officials in a string of countries including Nigeria and Botswana. "This case is about greed, power and arrogance," said Joe Persichini, director of the FBI's Washington field office.
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The chairman of a congressional oversight committee has charged that Blackwater Security Consulting, a major government contractor in Iraq, may have violated federal law by not paying taxes and could owe millions of dollars.
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A U.S. congressman chased and caught a man who picked the lawmaker's pocket on Thursday night in Washington's tony Georgetown neighborhood, a local television station reported.
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The former president has been charged with stealing more than $1 million from Liberia's coffers while in office, government officials said Wednesday.
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U.S. prosecutors charged a former Chinese national with stealing military-related trade secrets and using them in sales proposals to China and the Malaysian and Thailand air forces, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday.
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ALBANY, NY -- The man who made Wall Street reform its ways is now charging widespread corruption in the insurance industry. He alleged that brokers have been taking payoffs from insurance companies to steer
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was indicted on Monday on 16 criminal counts including soliciting bribes and paying off a Nigerian official, a U.S. Justice Department official said.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson was indicted on Monday on 16 criminal counts for conspiring to solicit bribes and pay off a Nigerian official, with $90,000 of an intended bribe found hidden in his home freezer wrapped in aluminum foil.
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The defense contractor charged with bribing convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham has subpoenaed 13 House members, including former speaker J. Dennis Hastert, to testify in his federal trial.
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Just a month before the elections, a former Republican fundraising star is set to go on trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from a state investment in rare coins.
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Accused of conspiring to commit murder. Alleged Al-Qa&#39;ida operative charged with possessing plans of US financial institutions ...
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A U.S. man faces federal corruption  and money-laundering charges for allegedly arranging $6 million  in bribes to Nigerian officials to win a contract for a  natural-gas pipeline.
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Organization of American States head Miguel Angel Rodriguez faces a corruption probe in Costa Rica.
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A congressional committee has launched an investigation into the State Department's inspector general, alleging that he blocked fraud investigations, including potential security lapses at the newly built U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
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Man had been charged with one of the largest such scams in U.S. history.
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Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocketed $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune was charged in a Sudanese court Saturday with espionage and other crimes.