Tag: public corruption
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…
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…
