Trial of Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Charged in $60M Ohio Bribery Scheme Begins February 5, 2026 By Julie Carr Smyth The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he...
Trial Underway for Ex-St. Louis Alderman Accused of Insurance Fraud January 22, 2026 By Ezra Amacher A federal trial is underway for a former St. Louis, Missouri alderman accused of defrauding an insurance company while in...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Ordered to Pay More Than $250M for Bribery Scheme November 21, 2025 By Julie Carr Smyth Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a...
5 Years After Bribery Scandal, Critics Say FirstEnergy Hasn’t Faced Consequences July 25, 2025 By Julie Carr Smyth Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say...
Ex-FDNY Chief Gets 3 Years for Taking Bribes to Fast-Track Safety Inspections May 16, 2025 A former New York City Fire Department chief was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for accepting tens of...
Ex-FDNY Chief Gets 20 Months Over Bribes to Expedite Inspections April 1, 2025 By Chris Dolmetsch A former New York City Fire Department chief will spend 20 months behind bars after admitting to taking thousands of...
UK Pledges Anti-Bribery Cooperation With French, Swiss After US Retreat March 24, 2025 By Jonathan Browning British, French and Swiss prosecutors agreed to form a new intelligence sharing partnership in a bid to tackle overseas corruption...
Europe Braces for Freeze of US Foreign Corruption Practices Act February 24, 2025 By Jonathan Browning, Karin Matussek and Gaspard Sebag In recent years, Glencore Plc, Airbus SE and Credit Suisse have collectively paid more than $5.5 billion in fines for...
Ex-New York Fire Chief Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes to Speed Inspections October 11, 2024 By Larry Neumeister A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting that he and...
Two Former New York Fire Chiefs Face Bribery Charges Tied to Safety Inspections September 17, 2024 Two former chiefs of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) have been charged with bribery and corruption for allegedly...