bribery

This story is unbelievable and if true, comes at the worst time for colleges and universities after all of the negative press they've been receiving from politicians as of late. Is it possible, that a former college professor from an Upstate New York State university was on-the-take? New York State Police say it's true.

"Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they paid $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.

"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman and a dozen other prominent parents have agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scam that ensnared wealthy families and athletic coaches at some of the nation's most selective universities, federal authorities said Monday.

A fast-moving college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal case against the rich and famous could take months or more to unfold.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago transportation official is to be sentenced after he was convicted of taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a company in Phoenix.

The man who is serving time for murdering his wife in December 2012 is getting 5 to 15 more years recorded on his sentence for trying to buy his way out of jail.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ray Nagin entered New Orleans City Hall as a cool, confidant self-styled reformer in 2002. He won national notoriety as a passionate, if profane, critic of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He exited in 2010 under suspicion.

UPDATE: 07/09/2014 11:27am Nagin has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison.