A former US Navy captain who was caught in a massive contracting scandal was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for accepting nearly $91,000 in kickbacks. Retired Captain David Haas was also ordered to pay restitution and a $30,000 fine. Prosecutors said Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, was among dozens naval officer …
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its supplementary prosecution complaint has on several occasions referred to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s association with AAP’s media in-charge accused Vijay Nair and alleged that a part of a bribe of ₹100 crore was paid . Used to fund Goa assembly elections. Tagging a portion of the statement of …
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday arrested Adilabad District Employment Officer B.K. Kiran Kumar, Junior Employment Officer G. Vijayalakshmi and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) N. Teja, while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹2,25,000 from the complainant. According to a press release by the ACB, the trio allegedly approached Durgam Shekhar, …
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Tiruvallur has sentenced a former village administrative officer (VAO) to four years of rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of ₹20,000 on him for demanding a bribe of ₹5,000 from a woman, when he was in service, in order to issue a patta. The Directorate of Vigilance and …
The Supreme Court said that a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act can be proved even if there is no direct evidence of demand of bribe or if the complainant is dead. A 5-judge constitution bench has accepted that other evidence collected by the investigating agency can also prove the case. Prosecution should also …