Sentence examples for a scheme of bribes from inspiring English sources

Asserting that boxing is a "dying sport that has lost the trust of people," the prosecution in the federal racketeering and bribery trial of the president and founder of the International Boxing Federation today laid much of the blame for that state of affairs on a scheme of bribes in exchange for favorable rankings and matchups that the defendants are accused of running.

"It's the mensalão scandal all over again," he said, recalling a scheme of monthly bribes paid by the PT to its congressional allies in exchange for their votes.

He has accused some of Lula's closest aides of commanding an epic scheme of bribes.

Mr. Allen agreed to do so on the day in August 2006 that the Federal Bureau of Investigation confronted him with overwhelming evidence including videotapes that he was at the heart of a scheme to bribe state lawmakers.

The United States government is investigating the role of the Mobil Oil Corporation, a unit of Exxon Mobil, in what the government says was a scheme to bribe the leaders of Kazakhstan for the country's oil rights, a prosecutor said yesterday.

[C3.] U.S. Inquiry Into Mobil Oil Dealings The United States government is investigating the role of Mobil Oil, a unit of Exxon Mobil, in what the government says was a scheme to bribe the leaders of Kazakhstan in return for the country's oil rights.

And in September, David P. Rosen, the former head of an organization that runs hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens, was convicted of participating in a scheme to bribe Mr. Kruger and two other politicians, including William F. Boyland Jr., a Democratic assemblyman from Brooklyn.

Yet another defendant, David P. Rosen, the former chief executive of an organization that runs hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens, was convicted last year of participating in a scheme to bribe Mr. Kruger, Mr. Boyland and a third politician, Anthony S. Seminerio, a Democratic assemblyman from Queens who has since died.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the founder of Insys, John Kapoor, with participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a particularly potent opioid.

Zach Scruggs, son of Mississippi lawyer Richard F. Scruggs, was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Wednesday for his part in a scheme to bribe a judge.

Mr. Bourke's conviction came over his role in a scheme to bribe officials in Azerbaijan over an oil investment.