Former Argentine VP Convicted of Corruption
The former Vice President of Argentina, Amado Boudou, was convicted of corruption on Tuesday, and sentenced to six years in prison, Agence France-Presse reported.
The former Vice President of Argentina, Amado Boudou, was convicted of corruption on Tuesday, and sentenced to six years in prison, Agence France-Presse reported.
A week after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the firing of an anti-corruption official who was investigating him over millions of dollars of unexplained family wealth, the Philippines’ new ombudsman said the order would be enforced.
Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister told British authorities last week that he will try to retrieve wealth corrupt Pakistani politicians have looted and transferred to the UK.
Baghdad’s female mayor called for women to lead the fight against corruption in the war-torn Iraqi capital, The National reported Monday.
A 75-year-old veteran fraudster was sentenced to 40 years in prison for luring investors into pouring money into his fake Nevada company and then transferring their millions to his accounts in Mexico and other countries, the FBI said Monday.
Lithuanian authorities said on Monday they have raised tax evasion charges against the son of the ex-president’s widow because the company he runs and co-owns with his mother allegedly failed to pay some €40,000 in profit tax on a real estate trade in Florida.
Spanish police nabbed three high-profile members of the Russian mob in the resort town of Marabella Sunday, catching them as they allegedly plotted to consolidate their hold in the region by murdering a rival mafioso.
The former top official in charge of foreign exchange at the Central Bank of Iran, Ahmad Araqchi, was arrested Sunday for alleged economic crimes, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.
Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was summoned for questioning in a breaking corruption investigation, Reuters reported Friday.
Hospice, the Medicare service that provides end-of-life care, has been identifying patients who are not eligible for hospice care, giving families false information about the care they will receive, billing for services not provided, paying physicians for recruiting patients, and charging Medicare millions for services that do not meet requirements, according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the US Department of Health.