In the News & Around the Blogosphere

DOJ Press Release, Former South Carolina School District Official Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Role in Scheme to Defraud the Federal E-Rate Program

John Caniglia, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga corruption part of national trend

John Caniglia, FBI raids downtown Cleveland office in mortgage fraud probe

Chronicle of Higher Education, U. of Akron Trustee Is Indicted in Ethics Case

DOJ Press Release, Japanese Executive Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Participating in Conspiracies to Rig Bids and Bribe Foreign Officials to Purchase Marine Hose and Related Products

John Fritze, USA Today, North Dakota tops analysis of corruption

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