Bribery

Here in Chicago, where locals intuitively know a wink and a nod might have as many different meanings as Tom Skilling has descriptions for precipitation, we should well understand the difficulties faced by companies looking to do business in emerging...

>> 50 Years Ago — Resignation has come from the president of Imperial Valley College, Dr. Milo P. Johnson. Dr. Johnson will leave the Valley to accept the position of president of the recently organized Mt. San Jacinto Junior College District in...

Embattled red-light camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. fired its executive vice president Wednesday and accused him of misconduct involving the company's scandal-plagued Chicago contract. Reeling from the crippling loss of that contract and the...

Voters in the blue-collar town of Cudahy have elected three new leaders for City Council. Final election results show Chris Garcia, Jack Guerrero and Baru Sanchez as the winners....

Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino behemoth run by Republican fundraiser and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is facing criticism for its operations in Spain and Macau. The gambling company recently acknowledged it is likely that in Macau it violated the...

Two defense contractors and a corporation have been found guilty of being part of a fraud and bribery scheme involving phony payments for the repair of military aircraft at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado. Robert Ehnow and Joanne......

A 20-year old accused of swooping by on a skateboard and taking money from a Girl Scout troop selling cookies could face theft charges after his arrest, officials said....

A few early birds beat Controller Wendy Greuel to her polling place Tuesday morning at Unitarian-Universalist Church of Studio City, but the mayoral candidate was there just 30 minutes after the polls opened for today's municipal elections....

A former basketball star at the University of San Diego was sentenced in federal court Friday to six months in custody after pleading guilty to being part of a sports bribery conspiracy. Brandon Johnson, 26, the team's all-time scoring and......

Former lawmaker Mike Feuer, running in a contentious race for Los Angeles city attorney, has added Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to his list of endorsements by elected officials....

A lawyer representing African Americans in South L.A. announced he is preparing to file a federal lawsuit alleging that the City Council and a redistricting commission discriminated against his clients when they redrew council maps last year....

A former Cudahy councilman was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in an extortion and bribery case that authorities say exposed widespread corruption in the southeast Los Angeles County city. Osvaldo Conde was the last of......