Rowland Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charge
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New Haven - Former Gov. John G. Rowland stood flushed and ramrod straight Thursday in US District Court as he pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge that included tax fraud and conspiracy to steal honest services from the people of Connecticut.
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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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A former Enron Corp.  ENRNQ.PK  assistant treasurer pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District  Court to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for disguising  the company's weak finances before its dramatic collapse.
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An Iraqi-American pleads guilty to four charges connected to the UN oil-for-food scandal.
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The last vestige of former Gov. John G. Rowland&#39;s political career crumbled Thursday as he pleaded guilty to avoiding thousands of dollars in federal income tax and one felony
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A former oral surgeon has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he orchestrated a grisly plot to plunder corpses and sell body parts for transplants, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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A man charged in one of the largest identity theft scams in US history pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and fraud in connection with identity documents this week.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.  - Former Connecticut Gov. John  Rowland pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal corruption  charges that will almost certainly send him to jail for  accepting perks from state contractors.
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A former senior Refco Inc executive  pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges for his role in  an alleged fraud that led to the collapse of the futures and  commodities broker.
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A former executive of Alcatel has pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to give more than $2.5 million in bribes to Costa Rican government officials for a mobile phone contract, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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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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A former state official pleaded guilty to extortion charges Thursday and admitted taking a &#36;10,000 bribe protect a cockfighting organization from legal trouble.
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The last of four former El Paso Corp. natural gas traders charged with making false reports used to calculate the index price of natural gas has pleaded guilty, US Attorney Michael Shelby announced Friday.
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Representative Bob Ney pleaded guilty to two charges related to his dealings with the Jack Abramoff.
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A former chief of staff to then-Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) pleaded guilty yesterday to corruption charges stemming from accepting gifts, gambling chips and trips -- including an expense-paid junket to Scotland with his boss -- from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a foreign businessman.
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A Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  insurance broker, Senior Vice President Robert Stearns, on Thursday pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with an ongoing probe into fraud and bid-rigging in the insurance industry, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office said.
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A retired postal worker pleaded guilty Thursday to taking payoffs in what prosecutors called a "brazen bribery scheme."