Sentence examples for major corruption conviction from inspiring English sources

The amnesty law could also rescind a major corruption conviction in a case involving bid-rigging for firefighting equipment.

NEWARK — The federal corruption trial of Senator Robert Menendez resumed Monday after a judge rejected a motion by the defense to dismiss the case based on a major Supreme Court decision last year that overturned the corruption conviction against a former Virginia governor.

The other major one involves whether the justices will overturn the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell.

"If you are unlucky enough to be caught, you might have to trundle through the courts for 10 years," said Hugo Alconada Mon, an investigative journalist, "but the case will eventually be thrown out and you'll get to keep the money". According to one study, only 3percentt of 750 major corruption cases, involving some $13 billion, have ever resulted in convictions.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A Brazilian appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, a major blow to the plans of the country's most influential politician to run for the presidency again this year.

He remains abroad, evading jail time for a corruption conviction.

"But their is still major corruption".

A corruption conviction would debar the company from EU contracts.

The conviction was overturned in 2004 after he had served six years in jail for a related corruption conviction.

You've got major corruption rampant.

Mr Nair insists that Mr Anwar will continue to contest his corruption conviction.