July 9th, 2009
A British bridge manufacturing company is set to make legal history by pleading guilty to overseas corruption charges at a London court on Friday, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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July 2nd, 2009
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released its top ten news stories for the week, and it was a big week for financial crimes - four of the top ten stories are financial stories. From the FBI's
press release:
1. New York: Bernard Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison
Bernard L. Madoff was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 150 years in prison for perpetrating a Ponzi scheme that resulted in billions of dollars of losses to thousands of investor-victims. He was also ordered to forfeit a total...
March 13th, 2009
President Jimmy Carter and others recall the hot politics surrounding the first anti-bribery legislation and those who opposed it. The clip is part of an ongoing FRONTLINE and FRONTLINE/World project examining the global impact of bribery and increased international efforts to police corruption, called "The Business of Bribes." The unfolding online investigation will lead up a FRONTLINE documentary, "Black Money," airing April 7 on PBS.
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