Sentence examples for was convicted of bribery from inspiring English sources

Mr. Milan was convicted of bribery and money laundering.

James's chief of staff, Jackie Mattison, was convicted of bribery in 1997.

Williams, 62, was convicted of bribery and conspiracy last summer in the government's Abscam investigation.

The seat is vacant because of the resignation of Randy Cunningham, who was convicted of bribery.

In 2002, while still in Congress, he was convicted of bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion.

He was convicted of bribery in 1929 and served nine months of a one-year prison sentence.

Both were convicted of bribery and have served less than half of their prison terms.

In 1982, Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. resigned after being convicted of bribery in the federal corruption investigation known as Abscam.

Silvio Berlusconi, a one-time prime minister, now leader of the opposition and still Italy's biggest media mogul, has twice been convicted of bribery.

A MONTH before leaving office, South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, has sparked a political row by pardoning several political allies who had been convicted of bribery and corruption.

(A few months later, a former Yonkers councilwoman and a political operative were convicted of bribery and extortion in a case involving another Ratner project, the Ridge Hill mall).