Tag: Embezzlement
Critic of Chinese leader expelled from party on graft charge
BEIJING (AP) - The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has...
French former prime minister, wife found guilty of fraud
PARIS (AP) - A Paris court on Monday found French former prime minister Francois Fillon guilty of having used public funds to pay his...
French ex-prime minister found guilty of fraud
PARIS (AP) - A Paris court has found French former prime minister Francois Fillon guilty of having used public funds to pay his wife...
Acclaimed Russian director convicted but not sent to prison
MOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow judge convicted an acclaimed Russian theater director of embezzling state funds and imposed a three-year suspended sentence Friday in...
Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America
MIAMI (AP) - Even in a pandemic, there's no slowdown for swindlers in Latin America.From Argentina to Panama, a number of officials have been...
Favre repaying $1.1 M for no-show speeches, auditor says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he...
Favre repaying $1.1 M for no-show speeches, auditor says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he...
Favre repaying $1.1 M for no-show speeches, auditor says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he...
Ex-Blackfeet chairman gets 10 months prison in fraud case
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A former Blackfeet Nation chairman who defrauded a tribal Head Start early education program through an overtime pay scheme was...
‘Simple greed’: Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption
DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he plotted with others to embezzle...