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A federal grand jury Thursday indicted former Newark Mayor Sharpe James on corruption charges involving land sales and allegations that he spent extravagantly on himself and several women using city-issued credit cards.
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Over the past 15 years, federal prosecutors in Connecticut have indicted four mayors, taken down the state treasurer, put palm-greasing bankers behind bars and won a guilty plea from a top aide to the governor. But in the past four months, their corruption probe of former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration has taken a particularly aggressive turn.
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Former Bishop Thomas Dupre was indicted Monday on child rape charges, accused of molesting two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor said.
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Mayor Richard Daley has faced down his share of scandals in 15 years running City Hall. But a stream of recent indictments and nonstop news reports of corruption have the mayor on the defensive like never before.
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Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona has been indicted on federal corruption charges, and is accused of using his office for financial gain, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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James Zimmerman, former chairman and  chief executive of Federated Department Stores, was indicted  for perjury on Tuesday by New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer.
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The former chief operating officer of a San Carlos software company has been indicted on charges of securities fraud for an alleged scheme to inflate the company&#39;s revenue, authorities said Wednesday.
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A federal grand jury on Thursday  indicted an aide and a contractor to former Connecticut Gov.  John Rowland, who left office earlier this year amid a  corruption scandal.
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Two Nigerian ex-governors accused of corruption have been arrested, say anti-graft officials.
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Security forces arrested four former government ministers, two mayors and a top businessman Tuesday as the military-backed emergency government stepped up an anti-corruption drive, news reports said.
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A former game and fisheries director and two former game wardens are accused in indictments of misusing state funds &#151; allegations also raised in an audit that questioned the purchase of hunting gear for an African safari and use of state-owned watercraft.
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The mayor of the Russian Far East's largest city was ordered arrested Wednesday amid a criminal investigation into suspect land deals and embezzlement in the latest bout of corruption to hit the long-troubled port.
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A former suburban mayor was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison for a scheme in which he and other government officials pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to steer city business to contractors.
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Mayor Frank Melton, who has been accused of being too heavy-handed in fighting crime, was indicted Friday on charges he directed young people to use sledgehammers to smash up a home where he suspected drugs were being used.
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Left-wing activist and Israeli citizen Tali Fahima was charged with a multi-count indictment on Sunday in the Tel Aviv District Court.
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Federal prosecutors announced more charges on Wednesday in a Philadelphia corruption scandal whose defendants include the former city treasurer, a prominent supporter
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Recently retired chairman of the company that runs Bloomingdale's and Macy's department stores was indicted Tuesday on charges that he lied to state antitrust investigators.