Category: Public Corruption
Parks Director Took Kickbacks, Admitted Fraud
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Timeshare Salesman Faces 23 Months for Tax Dodge SEE ALSO: MO Salesman Jett Faces 23 Months for Tax Dodge Jersey City’s parks weren’t getting improvements based on merit, apparently. Thomas A. DeLeo, formerly the Director of the Hudson County Parks Department, just admitted in federal court to conspiring to commit…
St. Louis Inspector Ripped Off $1.6M
⏱ 3 min read Adebanjo “Banjo” Popoola, a former City of St. Louis building inspector, is facing federal charges after allegedly pilfering $1.67 million from programs meant to fix up the city’s worst properties. The scheme ran from 2021 through 2022, with Popoola allegedly diverting funds to companies secretly controlled by his sister and his…
Bolivia’s Top Cop Caged: 25 Years
⏱ 2 min read Former director of Bolivia’s anti-drug force, Maximiliano Davila Perez, 50, learned his fate today in a New York federal courtroom: 25 years in prison. Perez wasn’t busting cartels – he was running product, federal prosecutors proved to a jury. Extradited from Bolivia last December, Perez used his power to grease the…
Ex-Deputy Traded Badge for Crypto Cash, Gets 5+ Years
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy is trading his uniform for an orange jumpsuit after admitting he became a personal enforcer for a brazen cryptocurrency conman. Michael David Coberg, 44, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison this week, a penalty for using his authority to shake down rivals and manufacture criminal charges…
Blue Wall Lies: Sheriff’s Deputy Admits Cover-Up
⏱ 3 min read RELATED: Tax Cheat Gets 23 Months in the Slammer SEE ALSO: Tax Cheat Gets 23 Months in MO A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy admitted today he lied to federal agents investigating a Beverly Hills crypto hustler who allegedly strong-armed a party planner out of $25,000. Scott Allen Simpkins, 34, pleaded…
