Por: Associated Press Business September 20, 2022
HONOLULU (AP) — A former Maui County official and the Honolulu businessman who paid him $2 million in bribes in exchange for more than $19 million in wastewater contracts each pleaded guilty Monday in one of the largest bribery cases ever prosecuted in Hawaii.Stewart Olani Stant, who was formerly a wastewater manager and the director of Maui’s Department of Environmental Management, and Milton Choy, the owner and manager of the wastewater... + full article
Associated Press USA Business September 19, 2022
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has thrown back in prison the brother of the country’s former oil czar as part of an ongoing investigation into a multi-billion dollar embezzlement scheme at the state-run oil company.Fidel Ramirez was arrested last Wednesday after failing... + más
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ABC News USA Nation September 19, 2022
A Northern California woman who pleaded guilty to orchestrating an elaborate hoax about being kidnapped and even seared with a branding iron by her abductors was ordered to serve 18 months in prison Monday, more than double the amount of time federal prosecutors... + más
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Associated Press USA Science September 19, 2022
HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. David Ige on Monday appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a underneath some of the world’s most advanced astronomical observatories.Two of the eight appointees — Lanakila Mangauil and Noe Noe Wong-Wilson —... + más
Prominent Native Hawaiians named to Mauna Kea authority | ABC News
Iconic Russian singer asks to be named 'foreign agent' | Associated Press
The Advocate USA Business September 17, 2022
A heavy equipment operator from Harvey was sentenced by a federal judge to two years probation and fined $2,500 for while working to restore a Louisiana island harmed by a much larger oil spill, the Deepwater Horizon disaster.James Tassin, 52, plead guilty last year to... + más
BP oil spill money to pay for range of new coastal restoration projects | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
A former chief credit officer of First NBC Bank, under the weight of risky loans, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, becoming the latest former bank employee or customer to admit to a fraud charge amid a sweeping federal probe.Federal prosecutors... + más
After new trial led to murder conviction again, judge hands down life sentence for Ascension man | The Advocate
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Two Tangipahoa Parish officials have pleaded guilty to violating federal election laws years after a sweeping FBI investigation into vote buying allegations in the parish.Former Amite City police chief Jerry Trabona, 72, and current city council member Kristian Kris Hart, 49,... + más
Louisiana coastal worker fined after rupturing oil pipeline at BP spill restoration site | The Advocate
Another First NBC Bank executive pleads guilty ahead of federal fraud trial | The Advocate
ABC News USA Tech September 17, 2022
HONOLULU -- Gov. David Ige on Monday appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a new board charged with managing Mauna Kea summit lands underneath some of the world's most advanced astronomical observatories.Two of the eight appointees... + más
Inside a $864K fight between a cash-strapped rural parish and a troubled iron plant | The Advocate
US, Trump team propose names for arbiter in Mar-a-Lago probe | 10 WBNS
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