/tags/bribery Bribery en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:48:28 GMT /law-order/2025-02-12/michael-madigan-guilty-bribery-conspiracy-wire-fraud-illinois The decadelong FBI investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. Prosecutors summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in a bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.” Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:48:28 GMT /law-order/2025-02-12/michael-madigan-guilty-bribery-conspiracy-wire-fraud-illinois Jon Seidel, Tina Sfondeles, Dave McKinney, Matthew Hendrickson /government-politics-issues/2025-01-08/madigan-takes-witness-stand-illinois-corruption-trial The surprise testimony offers window into the ex-speaker's famously closed world. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-01-08/madigan-takes-witness-stand-illinois-corruption-trial Hannah Meisel /government-politics-issues/2022-08-23/former-alderman-collins-muhammad-admits-his-role-in-bribery-scheme John Collins-Muhammad is the first of three former aldermen charged with bribery to plead guilty in the scheme, which saw the men take cash and other gifts in exchange for helping a developer get incentives. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:43:33 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-08-23/former-alderman-collins-muhammad-admits-his-role-in-bribery-scheme Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2022-07-22/former-st-louis-alderman-collins-muhammad-to-plead-guilty-in-corruption-case A second former alderman, Jeffrey Boyd, also says he will not file any motions ahead of trial. An attorney for Boyd would not clarify whether that meant his client had also reached a deal. Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:14:18 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-07-22/former-st-louis-alderman-collins-muhammad-to-plead-guilty-in-corruption-case Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2020-12-03/4-former-illinois-comed-executives-and-lobbyists-plead-not-guilty-in-bribery-scheme Four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a long-running federal bribery investigation that increasingly appears focused on Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:46:14 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-12-03/4-former-illinois-comed-executives-and-lobbyists-plead-not-guilty-in-bribery-scheme Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold | WBEZ /2012-07-27/city-building-inspector-indicted-on-bribery-charges Updated with comments for U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan and public safety director Eddie Roth.The federal government is accusing a building inspector of… Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:50:59 GMT /2012-07-27/city-building-inspector-indicted-on-bribery-charges Rachel Lippmann /2011-04-13/former-bridgeton-officer-guilty-of-bribery A former police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Bridgeton faces sentencing in July after pleading guilty to taking a $5,000 bribe.The U.S. Attorney's… Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:00:45 GMT /2011-04-13/former-bridgeton-officer-guilty-of-bribery /2011-03-02/sentencing-handed-down-for-former-st-louis-liquor-control-officer In November 2010, James Allen Morgan, a former St. Louis city liquor control officer, plead guilty to bribery charges. Today, Morgan found out just how… Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:43:57 GMT /2011-03-02/sentencing-handed-down-for-former-st-louis-liquor-control-officer