Items Tagged with 'crime'

Eight years after the disaster, judges outlined how inspection failures, abandoned strengthening plans and oversight breakdowns shaped Italy's biggest infrastructure criminal prosecution.

The explosives were stolen from a construction site where land is being cleared for a townhouse complex.

Lohrasb “Jeff” Jafari, the former executive vice president of now dissolved PRAD Group, pleaded guilty to three counts after being accused of bribing Atlanta officials.

Jo Ann Macrina, a former city water commissioner, will serve a 4.5-prison term, while a former PRAD Group executive also faces criminal charges related to accusations of bribing officials.

Shots damaged two Duke Energy substations in Moore County and knocked out power to estimated 45,000 customers, as search for perpetrator mounts and utility estimates days to fully restore service.

Prosecutors say Jo Ann Macrina accepted bribes from an Atlanta design, engineering and construction management contractor.

Mohammed Nuru pleaded guilty to the charge of defrauding the public for a 12-year scheme of bribery and kickbacks.