corruption

The head of the New York City’s corrections union is facing federal corruption charges for allegedly steering $20 million of the union’s money into a hedge fund in exchange for kickbacks. Norman Seabrook, the powerful president of the 11,000 member New York City Correction Officer’s Benevolent Association, was taken into custody by the FBI after being […]

Friday on “NewsOne Now,” host Roland Martin talked with criminal defense attorney Glenn Ivey, about former District of Columbia Councilman Michael A. Brown and other black politicians…

Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Patrick Cannon who was inaugurated as mayor in December,  resigned after only 114 days in office Wednesday night after he was arrested on federal corruption charges. Cannon allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars from undercover agents. One tome was actually in the mayor’s office. Cannon, 47, in a letter to the city […]

As NewsOne previously reported, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted on corruption charges Wednesday. A federal jury decided that he was, indeed, guilty of 20 of 21 counts…

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick  was found guilty and faces up to 20 years in prison. He was convicted Monday on 24  federal charges in his public corruption case. A case included racketeering, extortion and filing false tax returns. Kilpatrick is accused of running a criminal enterprise through the mayor’s office to enrich himself through bid-rigging […]