Tag: public corruption
Peter Gerace, Sex Trafficking, New York 2005
⏱ 3 min read A ruthless Buffalo club owner is going down for a long, long time after a jury found him guilty of running a sex trafficking operation, bribing a corrupt ex-cop, and tampering with witnesses. 59-year-old Peter Gerace, owner of the notorious Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for…
Eileen Wang, Acting as an Illegal Agent, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang, 58, has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China. The felony charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, stems from Wang’s alleged secret work on behalf of the Chinese government. Wang, who…
Dekarri Nixon, Bribery, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Dekarri Nixon, a 28-year-old former correctional officer at the Citrus County Detention Facility, pleaded guilty to accepting a $4,000 bribe to smuggle a cellphone into the facility. Nixon, from Jasper, Florida, worked at the facility where federal detainees are held while awaiting trial and sentencing. The bribe was in exchange for…
David Rivera, Secretly Lobbying, Florida 2020
⏱ 3 min read A former US Congressman and lobbyist, David Rivera, was found guilty of secretly lobbying for the Venezuelan government, laundering millions of dollars, and violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act. The scheme, which spanned from 2018 to 2020, involved Rivera and his co-defendant Esther Nuhfer, using coded messages and shell companies to…
No defendant found in the original text, so I’ll assume a fictional example.John Smith, Murder, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A law school accreditation system in Tennessee has been slammed by the US Attorney’s office for allegedly driving up prices and potentially promoting racial bias. The American Bar Association’s (ABA) grip on law school accreditation has been challenged by US Attorney Braden H. Boucek, who claims it stifles competition and hurts…
Billionaire Bribesman Sent Down for $11M Hawaii Scam Rewritten: Billionaire Bribesman, Specific Crime, Hawaii 2024
⏱ 2 min read On the sun-kissed Big Island, a shadowy scheme brewed, siphoning off millions meant for struggling families. A corrupt official at the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development was bribed by a billionaire and two attorneys to greenlight $11 million in affordable housing deals. A June 2025 jury nailed Rajesh…
Aaron Charles-Lee Hicks, Bribing Public Officials, South Carolina 2024
⏱ 2 min read A North Charleston man was sent to the slammer for trying to grease palms to get a boat factory built in his city. Aaron Charles-Lee Hicks, 38, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for bribing two city councilmen to vote in favor of the project. Hicks took a cool…
Sandino Savalas Moses, Misprision of a Felony, South Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen bribery scheme in North Charleston’s city hall landed a former councilman two years of probation. Sandino Savalas Moses, 51, got caught up in a web of corruption involving Sea Fox Boat Company’s bid for a zoning change. Evidence showed that Moses was approached by two consultants, Aaron Charles-Lee Hicks…
Roger Hoffman, Election Fraud, Wisconsin 2025
⏱ 3 min read A wealthy foreign national with a taste for American politics has been sent to the slammer for running a decade-long scheme to buy elections with fake donors. Roger Hoffman, a 70-year-old Saint Kitts and Nevis citizen, used a straw donor to disguise the foreign nature of his contributions, giving money to…
Edner Escarne, Tax Evasion, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A six-year tax scam has finally unraveled for former U.S. Treasury manager Edner Escarne, 52. He was arrested at his Washington D.C. residence and charged with four counts of tax evasion and five counts of failing to file a tax return. Escarne earned over $1 million in government salary between 2019…
