Sentence examples for honest services from inspiring English sources

Take theft of honest services.

Mr. Seabrook has pleaded not guilty to charges of honest services fraud and conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.

Finally, the Senate approved badly needed "honest services" reforms to better prosecute corruption by public officials.

A spokeswoman at the Justice Department declined to discuss the agency's position on honest services prosecutions.

The vague "honest services" statutes, a favorite of prosecutors, were struck down.

Ultimately, a jury acquitted Mr. Bruno of six counts of honest services fraud.

The decision threw into limbo dozens of "honest services" cases around the country.

He pleaded guilty to honest-services fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

That may be a crime, Justice Ginsburg wrote, but it is not a violation of the honest-services law.

Richard L. Thornburgh, who was attorney general when the honest-services law was passed, said he expected the Supreme Court to issue "something fairly sweeping" since it had taken on so many honest-services cases.

Second, Abramoff was forced to plead guilty to "private honest-services fraud".