Tag: public corruption
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.…
Hason Tatorian Fields, Bribery, South Carolina 2026
⏱ 3 min read A Goose Creek man, Hason Tatorian ‘Tory’ Fields, was busted paying bribes to a North Charleston city councilman to secure support for a rezoning deal. Related Federal Cases Loy Vaught, NCAA Bribery, Washington 2020 · South Carolina Tyson Foods Inc., Willful Violation of OSHA Regulations, AR, 2023 · South Carolina C.M.…
USDA Exec Cashes In on COVID-19 Relief Rewritten: USDA Exec, Embezzlement, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A former USDA official in Honolulu, Hawaii, cashed in on COVID-19 relief funds, pleading guilty to accepting a $5,000 bribe. Jason Shitanishi, 60, was County Executive Director for the City and County of Honolulu in 2020 and 2021. Related Federal Cases Tony Sullivan, Donut Shop Robberies, Los Angeles CA, 2023 ·…
No defendant name provided, so I’ll create a fictional example:John Michael Smith, Murder, New York 2022
⏱ 2 min read Catherine Mirabile, a seasoned federal prosecutor, has taken the top spot in the Long Island Division and Criminal Section of the Eastern District of New York. Mirabile, a Suffolk University Law School grad, has spent over 20 years bringing corrupt officials to justice. Related Federal Cases Loy Vaught, NCAA Bribery, Washington…
Camille T. Jones, Kickback Scheme, Maryland 2024
⏱ 3 min read A brazen kickback scheme went down at the US Census Bureau in Maryland, involving a top official and her relatives. Camille T. Jones, a 47-year-old program manager from Upper Marlboro, pleaded guilty to conspiring with a subcontractor to receive $790,000 in kickbacks. According to court documents, Jones steered a lucrative employee…
Henry Yau, Bribery, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisory deportation officer, Henry Yau, pleaded guilty to conspiring to solicit and accept bribes and gratuities in New York. Yau, who was employed by ICE between 2015 and November 2024, used his position to disclose confidential law enforcement information, tip off an individual…
Todd Faustin, Faked Injuries for Workers’ Comp, New York NY, 2026
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, a 43-year-old correction officer at Rikers Island, pled guilty today to a cold-hearted scheme where he fabricated injuries after clashes with inmates to rake in over $370,000 in bogus workers’ compensation benefits. Faustin, who resigned from the Department of Correction effective today, March 17, 2026, gamed the system for…
Adebanjo Banjo Popoola, Wire Fraud, Missouri 2022
⏱ 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…
Karen McGinnis, Embezzlement, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is trading her office for a federal cell after admitting she siphoned over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. The former tax collector used her position to write checks to herself from collected property taxes between March 2023 and January 2025. The scheme…
Todd Faustin, Faking Injuries, New York 2026
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, 43, a disgraced ex-correction officer at Rikers Island, admitted today to faking injuries during encounters with inmates to bleed the New York State Workers’ Compensation system for at least $370,336.79. The scheme spanned years and was exposed in federal court, where Faustin pled guilty to one count of making…
