Tag: Bribery
Mahmoud Alhattab, Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Over 100 people fraudulently obtained commercial driver’s licenses in a bribery scheme led by Mahmoud Alhattab, a local restaurant owner, in Louisiana. The scheme, which involved bribing employees of a Donaldsonville OMV office, allowed applicants to bypass federally-mandated steps of the CDL qualification process, including knowledge testing, entry-level driver training, and…
James Carroll Erny Jr., Public Corruption, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore County man, James Carroll Erny Jr., has been sentenced for bribing a Baltimore City finance official, Joseph Gillespie, in exchange for extinguishing his financial obligations to the city. The bribery scheme, which lasted from December 2019 to August 2023, involved Erny paying at least $25,000 in bribes to Gillespie,…
Justin Harvey, Bribery, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Justin Harvey, a 50-year-old former correctional officer at the Citrus County Detention Facility in Florida, pleaded guilty to accepting a $4,000 bribe to smuggle a cellphone into the jail. Harvey, from Inverness, worked at the facility where federal inmates are held while awaiting trial or sentencing. He agreed to bring the…
John Kosmowski, Bribery and Obstruction of Justice, Illinois 2025
⏱ 2 min read John Kosmowski, the former police chief of suburban Chicago’s village of Summit, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a bribery scheme. In 2017, Kosmowski and a building inspector, William Mundy, accepted $10,000 from local businessman Krzysztof Hodurek to facilitate the transfer of a liquor…
Luis A. Jiménez-Guzmán, Bribery Conspiracy, Puerto Rico 2019
⏱ 2 min read Luis A. Jiménez-Guzmán, a Puerto Rico Department of Treasury employee, pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy that cost the island $5 million in lost tax revenue. The scheme, which lasted from February 2019 to March 2023, involved Jiménez-Guzmán accepting cash payments and other benefits in exchange for submitting false information to…
Christian Conrad Claus, Insurance Fraud and Bribery, Louisiana 2019
⏱ 2 min read A former New Orleans police officer has been convicted of running an insurance fraud and bribery scheme. Christian Conrad Claus, 57, was found guilty by a federal jury after a two-week trial. The scheme took place in 2019 while Claus was still an officer with the New Orleans Police Department. The…
Deon Scott, Bribery, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Internal Affairs Investigator for the Shelby County Division of Corrections, Deon Scott, 41, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for bribery. Scott smuggled contraband, including narcotics, into the facility while employed, receiving at least $3,200 in bribes. The crimes occurred at the Shelby County Division of…
Zubair Al Zubair, Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Honest Services Wire Fraud, Ohio 2023
⏱ 4 min read Zubair Al Zubair and his brother Muzzamil Al Zubair, along with their associate Michael Leon Smedley, a public official, were involved in a multi-layered, elaborate bribery and fraud conspiracy that spanned multiple states and countries. The scheme, which lasted for years, aimed to obtain millions of dollars from victims. The brothers,…
Zechariah Yi, Tai Ryoung Rho, Bribery and Wire Fraud, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Four scammers who bribed their way to $15 million in US Postal Service contracts have been sentenced to 99 months in prison in Texas. Zechariah Yi, a former USPS analyst, and Tai Ryoung Rho, another USPS employee, solicited $1.5 million in kickbacks from trucking company owners in exchange for sweet deals.…
Patrick Shackelford, Smuggling, Georgia 2019
⏱ 2 min read A corrupt Atlanta federal correctional officer smuggled large quantities of methamphetamine and other contraband into USP-Atlanta for bribes. Related Federal Cases Michael James Butler, $6.6M K2 Conspiracy, Missouri 2016 · Georgia Kenneth Wilkerson, PPP Loan Fraud, Georgia 2024 · New Mexico Timothy G. Fisher, Money Laundering, California 2024 · Georgia Amgen…
