The FBI launched an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over allegations that he orchestrated an illegal straw donor campaign finance scheme at his former company, New Breed Logistics. Former employees told the Washington Post that DeJoy pressured them to make political donations to …
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FBI agents raided the home of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA) in Northeast Washington and discovered $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer, wrapped in aluminum foil in $10,000 increments and stuffed inside frozen-food containers. The serial numbers on the currency matched funds the FBI had provided …
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After a seven-week federal trial, Providence Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr. is convicted on June 24, 2002, of one count of racketeering conspiracy as the culmination of Operation Plunder Dome, the FBI’s multi-year undercover investigation into systematic corruption within …
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