FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his most likely heir Michel Platini have both been banned from the soccer community for eight years. This effectively puts an end to Blatter’s historic career, while also putting a […]
Tag: Scandal
Hillary Isn’t The Only Official Who Uses Personal Email For Government Work
It turns out that Hillary Clinton isn’t the only federal official to have used a personal email address for government business. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has apparently made use of a personal email account […]
Swiss Bank Credit Suisse Is Now Getting Dragged Into The FIFA Scandal
As the scandal for major world soccer organization FIFA continues to grow, Credit Suisse of Switzerland has been dragged into the discussions. The Swiss bank confirmed its involvement on Friday. The bank has been said […]
Crime Lab Scandals Are Unfairly Convicting Thousands And Officials Aren’t Doing Much To Help
Scandals that are occurring in crime labs are continuing to lead to people being convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Meanwhile, the process for fixing mistakes that have been made has been slow […]
Former House Speaker Hastert Pleads Guilty To Hush Money Case
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert has plead guilty to federal charges involving a hush-money case. The allegations stated that Hastert avoided bank regulations regarding large cash transactions. Hastert was […]
The UK Says It’s Investigating FIFA Despite Virtually No Action Being Taken
In the United Kingdom, the global soccer organization FIFA is currently being investigated for a possible money laundering scheme, but many people say that not enough is being done. While the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) […]
VW CEO Resigns Amidst Emissions Testing Scandal
In light of the biggest scandal to face the German carmaker Volkswagen (“VW”) in its 78-year history, the company’s CEO, Martin Winterkorn, resigned earlier this morning. The scandal involved the company’s manipulation of vehicle emission […]
Australian PM Caught Paying Criminal Syndicates To Return Migrants Home
Prime Minister Tony Abbott dodged new questions on Sunday about whether Australian officials paid people smugglers thousands of dollars to return 65 asylum seekers to Indonesia, saying only that his government is “prepared to do […]
Indictment Of Former House Speaker Exposes Deep Rot In D.C.
Robert Menendez isn’t the only prominent politician engaged in corruption as word broke last night that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted by Federal officials for lying to the FBI about a $3.5 […]
Pentagon Staff Caught Buying Porn With Official Credit Cards
An embarrassing leak this morning from a yet to be released GAO report shows that Pentagon employees used their government issued credit cards to pay for highly inappropriate expenses. The charges appear to be attempts […]
New York Port Authority Rife With Corruption
While Bridgegate stinks like a dead fish on the Jersey Shore, David Wildstein, a key figure in the scandal is set to plead guilty on Thursday and is cooperating with prosecutors probing the Fort Lee […]
Hillary’s Tax Troubles Just Politics As Usual
Headlines are starting to mount against Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. After fellow contender Rand Paul tipped a major scandal to drop against the former First Lady, revelations broke that Clinton’s numerous charities had been […]
DEA Chief Michele Leonhart To Resign Over Sex Parties
Michele Leonhart, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), is expected to resign in the coming days, a senior administration official said today. The decision came as a result of extensive scandal and corruption […]
FBI caught lying about forensic matches for years
Thousands of court cases could be up for review as the Department of Justice and the FBI made the shocking acknowledgement on Friday that virtually every case in which an FBI forensic expert testified on […]